Hussain A Samad

This is the cobra effect: a well-meaning solution that backfires due to a poorly planned incentive, making the original problem worse.

For Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, a chilling realisation dawned: their decades-old security guarantees from the US were conditional.

For the foreseeable future, the world remains largely at China's mercy.

At the heart of this strategy is the manipulation of US law.

As a Muslim of Indian-Ugandan descent, Mamdani's identity invited scrutiny.