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Bessma Momani
Last published March 2026 · On our record since 2011
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Recent work
- Opinion: In the age of AI, the fog of war thickensOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 4, 2026
- Opinion: In the roiling cold war for AI supremacy, the U.S. has let China back in the raceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2025
- Opinion: Could a long-awaited presidential election usher in a new era for Lebanon?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2025
- What Springfield, Ohio, can teach Canadians about digital mis- and disinformationOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 5, 2024
- Opinion: Israel’s attacks in Lebanon could unleash a Pandora’s box for the region – and for the U.S.Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 23, 2024
- Opinion: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will win Egypt again. His victory will be PyrrhicOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 7, 2023
- Opinion: Canada is alone in the worldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 8, 2023
- Opinion: BRICS’ growing momentum is a direct challenge to the U.S.-led economic orderOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2023
- Opinion: Western patronizing isn’t enough to counter Russia’s influence in AfricaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 6, 2023
- Opinion: The world’s autocracies had a good weekOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2023
- Opinion: Biden’s futile trip to Saudi ArabiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 17, 2022
- Opinion: Lebanon’s election results bring a glimmer of hope to an exhausted countryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 17, 2022
- Opinion: When will the war in Ukraine end?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 10, 2022
- Opinion: Canada is helping stabilize Iraq. We should renew our missionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 27, 2022
- Opinion: In Iran, a fixed presidential race portends a grim and repressive futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 20, 2021
- Opinion: Gaza shows the challenge for governments trying to control the narrativeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 16, 2021
- Opinion: Lebanon is the final throes of collapse. The West must not look awayOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 23, 2021
- Opinion: In capitals around the world, there is no joy in a Biden winOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 8, 2020
- Opinion: Lebanon’s politicians have failed their people, once againOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 4, 2020
- Opinion: We must listen to Black Lives Matter in the way we listened to the Arab Spring, Hong Kong and protesters in RussiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 4, 2020
- Opinion: Hungary’s Viktor Orban is using the coronavirus to push his populist-nationalist agendaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2020
- Opinion: Geopolitical folly is deepening Iran’s sprawling coronavirus crisisOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 24, 2020
- Opinion: In a delicate moment, Justin Trudeau gifts Iran a diplomatic coupOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 17, 2020
- Opinion: With Soleimani dead, the U.S. must brace for the wrath of Iranian hardlinersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 2, 2020
- Opinion: Syrian death and destruction: A win-win for Putin and ErdoganOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 22, 2019
- Opinion: Donald Trump abandoned the Kurds. Now, the West needs to finally abandon TrumpOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 6, 2019
- Opinion: One year after Khashoggi’s killing, the attack on free expression rages onOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 30, 2019
- Opinion: After Saudi oil attack, hopes dim for international Iranian sanctionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 15, 2019
- Our feminist foreign policy is not perfect, but in Jordan, it’s doing a lot of goodOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 30, 2019
- Canadian universities must stop undervaluing female academicsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 13, 2019
- By granting asylum to Saudi woman, Canada shows its moral leadershipOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 10, 2019
- Cancelling Canada’s Saudi arms deal would merely be a feel-good measureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2018
- True leaders must stop the Saudi Crown Prince’s normalization tourOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2018
- - The Globe and MailOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2018
- The narrative of Jamal Khashoggi’s death has been negotiated. Justice will not be servedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 15, 2018
- Saudi journalist’s disappearance is a stain on the Crown PrinceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 6, 2018
- Saudi Arabia’s bold move has nothing to do with CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 5, 2018
- What happened to the ‘reformist’ ways of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 21, 2018
- Trump’s Plan B: Iranian regime changeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 13, 2018
- Syria airbase attack will not change dynamics of the war – or save the peopleOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 8, 2018
- A message to Trump from NorwayOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 2, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Turkey’s Afrin offensive could have dangerous consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Iran needs this internal combustionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 3, 2018
- Putin’s ‘mission accomplished’ moment in Syria was all for showOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 11, 2017
- Putin’s ‘mission accomplished’ moment in Syria was all for showOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 11, 2017