Research can—and must—have a meaningful impact beyond the academy. What’s the purpose of academic research? The answer, according to University of Michigan President Domenico Grasso, is simple: the ...
In the weeks after President Trump authorized the military raid to snatch Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, he would tell pretty much any audience about how flawlessly the operation had gone. During a ...
They have already completed about five miles of 30-foot-tall barrier, painted jet black at the president’s insistence because ...
Trump has said the exact opposite—that Iran was about to use a nuclear weapon, and that its missiles “could soon” reach the United States. These claims are not supported by earlier U.S. intelligence ...
When Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned today in protest of the Iran war, he blamed ...
What a HORRIBLE forecast by meteorologists—especially myself,” Matthew Cappucci, of the weather app MyRadar, posted on X on Monday after the tornado warnings that prompted schools, businesses, and ...
In February 2025, Donald Trump nominated Joe Kent, a 2020-election conspiracy theorist with links to the Proud Boys and white supremacists, as head of the National Counterterrorism Center. What could ...
Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not ...
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Bilal Y. Saab

Bilal Y. Saab is the senior managing director of Trends US, an associate fellow at Chatham House, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
The United States has a historic chance to restore its old relationship with Lebanon and to broker peace between Lebanon and ...
AI leaders boast about their models’ superhuman technical abilities. The technology can predict protein structures, create ...
My glasses were gone. One of my kids was standing on the sidewalk next to our car—not crying, just confused. The seat belt ...