Added on 19/03/2011
Tabsir
Afghanistan , China , Colonel , Egypt , guard , Iraq , Las Vegas , Libya , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Tripoli , Tunis , U.N. Security Council , United Nations
Daniel Varasico: Even after the “No fly zone” and the “ceasefire” there is still no more clarity on what the end game looks like in Libya.
Added on 14/03/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
AED , Bahrain , Brazil , China , Employment , Europe , GCC , Gulf News , India , Iran , Kuwait , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil , Oman , regional player , Russia , SABIC , Unemployment , United Arab Emirates
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: That the GCC is able to cooperate and function so well is both comforting and alarming. Comforting because it confirms the council still functions, alarming because it only does so in self-preservation mode.
Added on 13/03/2011
Steve Royston
Abdullah , Africa , Alexandria , America , Arab League , BBC , Bosnia and Herzegovina , China , Colonel , Egypt , European Union , Gaddafi , Hannibal , International Criminal Court , John McCain , Libya , Middle East , Military hardware , model , NATO , Noam Chomsky , Russia , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US congressman , Venezuela , Zimbabwe
Like millions of others, I’ve been watching, transfixed, as the drama in Libya plays out. I’ve also been listening to pundits and politicians on various channels as they debate and comment on the current situation. There appears to be a wide consensus – Venezuela and Zimbabwe excepted – that Colonel Gaddafi and his regime have […]
Added on 07/03/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , Bahrain Central Bank , Beijing , CEO , China , Employment , Facebook , Libya , National Aeronautics and Space Administration , Twitter
STEVE ROYSTON: Too often, financiers ignore the blindingly obvious questions. Who is this person or team in whom I am going to invest?
Added on 06/03/2011
Mondoweiss
Al Jazeera , America , Bush , China , Civil society , Egypt , Europe , First Lady , Free media , Hillary Clinton , Israel , Libya , Mainstream media , Michelle Obama , Middle East , news network , Palestinian Territories , President , Reporting , Secretary of State , United States
ISSA KHALAF, MONDOWEISS: Satellite and cable owners refuse to carry Al Jazeera for something other than the false explanation of competition, and that is fear of “real news” about Israel.
Added on 05/03/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
China , Congress , Democracy , Egypt , Food and Drink , Hosni Mubarak , India , Libya , Philippines , Romania , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Adeptness in brutal suppression and torture are characteristics demanded of all dictators. One other vital characteristic is also required – maleness.
Added on 03/03/2011
Juan Cole
China , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , France , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Jordan , Libya , Mubarak , pence , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , Washington
KUSHA SEFAT, INFORMED COMMENT: The international conditions for revolution were ripe in Tunisia and Egypt. This is simply not the case in Iran.
Added on 18/02/2011
Steve Royston
America , Bahrain , Bahrain government , China , Egypt , Elizabeth II , India , Londonderry , Manama , Nick Kristof , Northern Ireland , Ramadan , Richard Nixon , Rubber bullets , Salmaniya Hospital , Tahrir Square , Tear gas , The New York Times , Tunisia , United Kingdom , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s 4am. Outside my window there’s a full moon , the harbinger of madness. Cocks are crowing and the thak-thak-thak of nearby helicopters has woken me.
Added on 12/02/2011
Steve Royston
Algeria , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , China , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian army , guard , Guatemala , Indonesia , Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Middle East , Pakistan , President , South Korea , Tahrir Square , Thailand , Tunisia
STEVE ROYSTON: Regional fallout from the events in Tunisia and Egypt is expected. But other countries around the world have been watching.
Added on 05/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , China , Egypt , Europe , European Union , Faisal , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lenin , Mainstream media , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Oil Embargo , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Amid the frenzy in the Middle East and beyond about the future of Egypt, many people seem to be working on a set of assumptions that are worth questioning.
Added on 01/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Ban Ki Moon , Ben Ali , China , Davos , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , France , G20 , Haiti , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jordan , Marshall , Middle East , Mubarak , North Africa , Oil supplies , Pakistan , Suez , Suez Canal , UN General Assembly , Unemployment , United Nations , Yemen
STEVE ROYSTON: A focus on regeneration will have a longer-lasting effect than quick political fixes that will do nothing to alleviate the lot of the frustrated…
Added on 12/01/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , CEO , China , Entrepreneur , Entrepreneurship , Europe , Far East , Finance , George Mason University , India , Japan , Malaysia , Malcolm Gladwell , Middle East , Nigeria , OECD , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Somalia , South Africa , South Korea , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Creating an entrepreneurial culture in a country, as Professor Daniel Isenberg pointed out, requires determination, and a lot of money
Added on 09/01/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
AK party , China , Dubai , Dubai Creek , Gaza , India , Indonesia , Kazakhstan , Pew Research Centre , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United States
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: What does it mean to be an Islamic country? Today’s world is not so black and white, and glib categorisations make less sense than ever.
Added on 24/12/2010
Steve Royston
Abdullah , China , Council of Ministers , Deng Xiaoping , Egypt , Facebook , Hosni Mubarak , Jeddah , Leonid Brezhnev , Middle East , Minister of Information , Ministry of Education , Oil producer , President , Russia , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Social networking , Soviet Union , Vladimir Putin , Wen Jiabao , Youth
STEVE ROYSTON: Respect for the elderly is deeply ingrained in Arab society. Saudi Arabia, however, faces a major demographic challenge – a hugely youthful population.
Added on 20/12/2010
Michael J. Totten
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , America , China , Europe , History , Iraq , Julian Assange , Latin America , Middle East , Mossad , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil , President , Russia , Saddam Hussein , The Financial Times , U.S. government , United States , Wikileaks
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Surely somewhere there’d be references to a war for oil in Iraq if the war was, in fact, about oil.
Added on 16/12/2010
Steve Royston
Australia , Bahrain , Boston , Canada , China , Employment , European Union , Ireland , Middle East , New Zealand , North America , Qatar , Riyadh , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Tariq Al Maeena , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Could it be that the next wave of migration will come from the very class of people that Saudi Arabia sees as its future?
Added on 15/12/2010
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
anthropologist , California , China , Colonel , Gaddafi , Kim Jong-il , North Korea , President , Prime Minister , Putin , Roman Abramovich , Russia , Sarkozy , The National , Turkmenistan , United States , University of California , US State Department , Wikileaks
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: We secretly love the utterly trivial gossip that even diplomats exchange. My favourite? Sarkozy’s rabbit chasing…
Added on 01/12/2010
Osama Al Sharif
America , China , Department of State , Iran , Iraq , Local media , Middle East , North Korea , Pakistan , United States , US Federal Reserve , US government , US intelligence , Washington , whistleblower site , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: It is not what diplomats do which will change, but the way they do it. In the age of digital information it is proving difficult, almost impossible, to keep anything hidden.
Added on 29/11/2010
Steve Royston
Australia , Birmingham , chess , China , Football , Imran Khan , Japan , Manama , New Zealand , Prime Minister , Rugby , South Africa , United Kingdom , YouTube
STEVE ROYSTON: As a child, I used to stay up late to listen to the Ashes on the radio. Today, a little closer to Australia and half a century on, I’m still listening.
Added on 26/11/2010
Ramzy Baroud
Aaron David Miller , Arab League , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , China , Congress , Europe , Gaza , George W. Bush , Hilary Clinton , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Latin America , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Netanyahu’s government , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , President , Prime Minister , Secretary of State , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , Turkey , U.S. Congress , UN Security Council , United States , West Bank , White House
RAMZY BAROUD: It looks like President Obama will finish his term having secured no advance in Arab-Israeli negotiations. The Israelis do the talking, Washington does the listening. And the giving…
