Added on 18/04/2013
Steve Royston
Barack Obama , Boston , September 11 attacks , Terrorism , War/Conflict
So Boston, it seems, has had its 9/11. Not on the scale of the New York attacks, of course. But the shock will be almost as deep.
STEVE ROYSTON: So Boston, it seems, has had its 9/11. Not on the scale of the New York attacks, of course. But the shock will be almost as deep.
Added on 15/04/2013
Mondoweiss
A. B. Yehoshua , Amos Oz , Asia , Chava Lerman , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Ilana Hammerman , Israel , Israeli Jews , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Palestinian people , Palestinian prisoners in Israel , Samer Issawi , War/Conflict , Western Asia
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: The Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi sent a letter to prominent Israelis inviting them to see him in prison. There have been radically different responses.
Added on 14/04/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian intelligence , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Islam and antisemitism , Islamic fundamentalism , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Sinai
RAMZY BAROUD: It seemed unthinkable a Muslim Brotherhood government could impose worse conditions on Gaza than Mubarak.
Added on 09/04/2013
Francis Matthew
Arab nationalism , Arab socialism , Egypt , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Islamism , Pan-Arabism , Politics
The Arab world is suffering from a lack of secular inspiration. There are plenty of leaders who find their political language in religion, but no secular leader or thinker is inspiring the crowds all over the Middle East as happened a generation ago.
FRANCIS MATTHEW: The Arab world is suffering from a lack of secular inspiration: No secular leader or thinker is inspiring the crowds.
Added on 09/04/2013
Steve Royston
Margaret Thatcher , United Kingdom
I breathed a sigh of relief when Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister in 1991. She was a divisive politician, and I found myself on the anti-Thatcher side of the divide.
STEVE ROYSTON: Margaret Thatcher was a divisive politician, and I found myself on the anti-Thatcher side of the divide.
Added on 07/04/2013
David Roberts
Abdullah , Adnanites , Allegiance Council , Crown Prince , House of Saud , Ibn Saud , Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia , Kings of Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Middle East , Muhammad Bin Nayef , Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud , Politics of Saudi Arabia , Salman , Saudi Arabia , second Deputy Prime Minister
DAVID ROBERTS: Reading the runes of Saudi Arabia’s possible succession is an art, a science and a mystery wrapped in one.
Added on 06/04/2013
Steve Royston
Abdulhaleem Murad , Ali Al Durazi , Bahrain , Oliver Cromwell , Religious persecution , Roundheads
STEVE ROYSTON: Yet another lively debate in the Bahraini parliament this week and the insults were running thick and fast. They follow in a long line distinguished (or not!) company
Added on 03/04/2013
Juan Cole
American Enterprise Institute , Bush Administration , Cheney , Counter-terrorism , Dick Cheney , Extraordinary rendition , Government , International relations , Jon Stewart , Politics , Politics of the United States , Waterboarding
JUAN COLE: ‘Explain what you meant by this punchline’. Yes, the surreal became real for Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef this week.
Added on 31/03/2013
Francis Matthew
Barack Obama , Central Intelligence Agency , Iraq , Politics , Shiite government in Iraq , Syria , United States
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has got itself into the confused position of fighting Sunni fighters in Iraq, but supporting some of them in Syria.
FRANCIS MATTHEW: The CIA is in the position of fighting Sunni fighters in Iraq, but supporting them in Syria.
Added on 28/03/2013
Naseem Tarawnah
Abdullah , General Intelligence Department , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jordan , media strategy , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Royal Hashemite Court
NASEEM TARAWNAH: King Abdullah’s recent interview has unleashed a storm of comment. What exactly was he trying to say?
Added on 22/03/2013
Common Ground News Service
Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi , Arab world , Asia , Herak , Middle East , Politics , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Yemen , Yemeni government
ABUBAKR AL SHAHAMI, CGNEWS: Grievances relating back to the civil war in the mid 90s need to be solved to avoid a split Yemen
Added on 19/03/2013
James M. Dorsey
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Habib El-Adly , Hosni Mubarak , Mohammed Morsi , Port Said , Syria , War/Conflict
JAMES M DORSEY: There appears to be a concerted plan by the Egyptian judiciary and security forces to confront militant football fans. It may, though, backfire.
Added on 18/03/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arab–Israeli conflict , Civil society , European Union , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , Palestinian Territories , Politics , United States , Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict , War/Conflict , West Bank
More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. Indeed, good news is seldom associated with Israel and its military occupation and institutionalized discrimination and mistreatment of Palestinians.
RAMZY BAROUD: ‘The facts on the ground’ quicken day by day as the voices raised in opposition grow more feeble
Added on 16/03/2013
Francis Matthew
Arab League , Civil society , Middle East , Mohammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Nouri al-Maliki , Politics
The positive side of continual political change has got lost in the Arab world. Fear of uncertainty has killed the joy of new political life emerging in so many Arab states. The grim weekly numbers of people killed in political and sectarian violence dominate the new burgeoning of political life at national and local levels.
FRANCIS MATTHEW: The positive side of continual political change has got lost in the Arab world. Fear of uncertainty has killed the joy of new political life.
Added on 10/03/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab world , Asia , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian people , Egyptian revolution , Egyptians , Ethnic groups in Egypt , Ethnic groups in the Middle East , Fertile Crescent , Mai Mustafa , Media Association for Peace , Middle East , Politics of Egypt , Protests in Egypt , Vanessa Bassil
VANESSA BASSIL, CGNEWS: Young Egyptian aren’t waiting for ‘top down’ change. They’re taking matters to improve their lives into their own hands
Added on 04/03/2013
James M. Dorsey
Ahmed Ali , Al Masri , Cairo , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Morsi , Politics , Port Said , Soccer , Suez Canal , SUEZ S.A.
JAMES M. DORSEY: As we approach the date when the key findings regarding the Port Said soccer brawl are revealed tension is rising.
Added on 28/02/2013
Common Ground News Service
Africa , Chokri Belaid , Hamadi Jebali , North Africa , Political geography , Politics , Tunis , Tunisia , Tunisian Constituent Assembly election
LAMIA HATIRA, NURA SULEIMAN, CGNEWS: We don’t have a culture of armed conflict but it’s possible that we’re moving in that direction.
Added on 22/02/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Asia , Baghdad , Civil war in Iraq , Fertile Crescent , Iraq , Iraqi Armed Forces , Iraq–United States relations , James Baker , Politics , Politics of Iraq , Saddam Hussein , United Kingdom , United States , War/Conflict
RAMZY BAROUD: Ten years on from the onset of the Iraq invasion with all the horror and despair that has accumulated there is hope in the shape of a character from a children’s story
Added on 18/02/2013
Jonathan Cook
Israel , Palestine , United States
JONATHAN COOK: The straightforward narrative adopted by the international media following the results in the Israeli election masks the complex reality
Added on 17/02/2013
Common Ground News Service
Egypt , Middle East
MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: The temptation to resort to violence to conduct political discourse needs to stop in Egypt