Added on 07/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Africa , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Atlantic coast , Beijing , Benghazi , Central Asia , China , Damascus , Djibouti , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , International Criminal Court , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , Pakistan , President , Russia , Security Council , Sinai desert , Social Media , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , the Hague , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: China’s veto of the U.N’s resolution condemning Syria is a watershed moment for its involvement in the Middle East.
Added on 05/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Qaeda , Anwar al-Awlaki , Baghdad , DC , Iraq , Oil , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , President , San Diego , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , United States , Washington , Yemen
KEN BALLEN, CGNEWS: ‘You can kill extremists but you don’t kill extremism with missiles’. Perhaps the U.S should look at new policies.
Added on 13/01/2012
David Roberts
Al Qaeda , America , Iran , Israel , Middle East , Nuclear technology , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Security services , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: The Saudi authorities clearly have a vested interest in the failure of the Iranian nuclear programme. So could they have been involved in the recent assassination?
Added on 02/01/2012
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Asaf Ali Zardari , Baghdad , Bahrain , Binyamin Netanyahu , China , Congress , Egypt , Egyptian military , Foreign Policy , Gaza , Iran , Iraq , Islamabad , Israel , Muslim Brotherhood , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Nouri al-Maliki , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia , South Asia , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. Congress , United States , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Many of the dangers to which I pointed in last year’s list still exist, of course, but a whole host of new difficulties has emerged.
Added on 28/12/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Angela Merkel , Bangladesh , Belgium , Chechnya , Egypt , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Europe , France , India , Inspirational , International Monetary Fund , Kate Middleton , Kuwaiti MP , Liberia , Manal Al Sharif , Nicolas Sarkozy , Obedient Wives Club , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , princess , Salwa Al Mutairi , Saudi Arabia , Tawakkol Karman , US Federal Reserve , Women , YouTube
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: How could I possibly include all the women who filled our headlines over the past 12 months, for bravery and impact?
Added on 09/11/2011
Steve Royston
consumer products , Erdogan government , European Union , God , Istanbul , Jesus Christ , Journalist , Middle East , National Day , Orhan Pamuk , Ottoman Court , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Sofia , Turkey
STEVE ROYSTON: Spiritually, today’s Istanbulus are not so different from their Byzantine predecessors – they still delight in debate and intrigue.
Added on 12/09/2011
Juan Cole
9/11 , Abdel Bari Atwan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Ben Ali , Bin Laden , Bush Administration , Cairo , Central Intelligence Agency , Dick Cheney , Donald Rumsfeld , Egypt , George W. Bush , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Israel , Journalist , Libya , Martin Luther King Jr. , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Mustafa Abdel Jalil , national government , Northern Pakistan , oil fields , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Pentagon , President , Ronald Reagan , Saudi Arabia , Sayyid Qutb , Tahrir Square , Taliban , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , US government , Washington , Western Europe , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Al Qaeda’s vision for the Arab World has been comprehensively rejected. It appears that Arabs – in particular, young Arabs – are prepared to put their lives on the line, not for a Caliphate, but for parliamentary democracy.
Added on 06/09/2011
American Bedu
9/11 , America , Associated Press , Caribbean , Central Intelligence Agency , DC , India , John F Kennedy , Middle East , New Delhi , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Embassy , United States , Virginia , Washington , World Trade Center
AMERICAN BEDU: I was in CIA Headquarters in Virginia and my soon-to-be Saudi husband was in Pakistan on the day the whole world remembers.
Added on 03/09/2011
Tabsir
9/11 , Afghanistan , America , Bin Laden , Hawaii , Islam , Lenin , Mexico , Middle East , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Philippines , Puerto Rico , Spain , Twin Towers , United States
DANIEL M. VARISCO: “We Shall Never Forget” is a masterpiece in truth-twisting and bigotry. The bad news is that it’s a coloring book aimed at U.S. children.
Added on 11/07/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Actor , Bashar al-Assad , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , President , Satellite channels , Satellite TV , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , Syrian government , The Maghreb , Turkey
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Syrian soap operas have eclipsed Egyptian productions in popularity across the Arab world.
Added on 10/07/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arabian Peninsula , Congress , Iraq , Pakistan , President , Somalia , The Washington Post , United States , US military , Yemen , Yemeni military
RAMZY BAROUD: A brutal crackdown, a divided opposition and U.S regional strategic interests are the principal obstacles to democratic change in Yemen. A tough call then.
Added on 20/06/2011
Juan Cole
Africa , Arab League , Balkans , Barack Obama , Brazil , Congo , Congress , Darfur , Egypt , India , Iraq , Libya , Muammar Qaddafi , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Pakistan , President , Qatar , Rwanda , Syria , Transitional National Council , Tripoli , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
JUAN COLE: I believe it’s legal but that doesn’t mean that the West’s military intervention in Libya has been wisely handled.
Added on 16/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
activist and journalist , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Asmaa Mahfouz , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Boston College , Cairo , co-author , Democracy , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Indonesia , John L. Esposito , Jordan , Kuwait , Middle East , Natana J. DeLong-Bas , Pakistan , Political activist , President , The [Oxford] Encyclopedia , Tunisia , Turkey , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
NATANA J. DELONG-BAS, CGNEWS: They have confronted Western stereotypes and achieved much – but will they actively participate actively in emerging democracies?
Added on 06/06/2011
Tabsir
Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Baseball , BBC , Ben Ali , Mubarak , Pakistan , President , Republican Guard , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The Washington Post , United States , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: He’s clearly been badly wounded and his confidence in those who surround him must have been rocked but it’s still possible Salih will try to stage a comeback.
Added on 30/05/2011
Steve Royston
Arabian Peninsula , Dubai , India , Jeddah , Kashmir , Pakistan , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia
STEVE ROYSTON: I’ve been visiting Jeddah for more than 20 years but haven’t been there since the floods. I was curious to know if it had changed.
Added on 29/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bahrain , Chile , Democracy , Gandhi , India , Lisa Schirch , Middle East , Pakistan , Peshawar , South Africa , Syria
ALI GOHAR, LISA SCHIRCH, CGNEWS: Drawing on Islamic and tribal teachings Bacha Khan headed a non-violent ‘army’ in India in the 1920s.
Added on 28/05/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Advertising , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Democracy , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Mubarak , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Syria
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Whether it’s Mubarak, ben Ali or bin Laden it’s clear what sort of leadership Arabs don’t want. It’s far less clear however what they are looking for in their leaders.
Added on 18/05/2011
Hisham Wyne
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , America , Ayman al-Zawahiri , George W. Bush , Iraq , Karachi , Media pundits , Middle East , New York , Noam Chomsky , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , White House
HISHAM WYNE: There is much speculation about who has replaced bin Laden. The fertile conditions for the organisation persist, particularly in Pakistan.
Added on 17/05/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Afghanistan , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Egypt , Hafez Al Assad , Hamas , Iraq , Islamist government , Israel , Manitoba , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , President , Prime Minister , Syria , Turkey , Yugoslavia
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: The radical jihadist agenda seems to have been rejected and it’s clear whose star is rising throughout the Middle East…
Added on 12/05/2011
Mondoweiss
Alan Dershowitz , Australia , Berlin , Center for American Progress , Congress , Ehud Barak , Haaretz , Hamas , Hizballah , Iran , Iranian government , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Israel Defense Forces , Israel Radio , Jeffrey Goldberg , Jordan , Labour Party , Matt Duss , Memorial Day , Middle East , Netanyahu , New America Foundation , Pakistan , Palestine , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Shimon Peres , South Africa , Steve Clemons , Tehran , U.S. intelligence , United States , United States government , Washington Institute , Washington Institute for Near East Policy
MONDOWEISS: If Iran ever acquired nuclear weapons would it launch an attack on Israel? “Not on us and not on any neighbor.” The speaker? Ehud Barak…
