Posted on Sun, October 16, 2011 at 23:47 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Foreign Policy “Revolution”: Assuming a “NeoConservative” Mission in the Middle East?

The Arab spring has catapulted democracy and human rights to the top of Turkey’s stated foreign policy priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Iran • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, October 8, 2011 at 00:15 am CEST
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The Arab Spring and the Jews

Throughout the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Iraq • Jew-Hatred • Libya • Libya War • Morocco • Religion 
Posted on Wed, October 5, 2011 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s North African Tour: Turkey’s Regional Aspirations and Western Interests

The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Jasmine Revolution • Libya • Libya War • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, October 4, 2011 at 00:21 am CEST
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FM John Baird Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

We will not go along with the unilateral actions of the Palestinian Authority. We uphold Israel’s right to exist. The Jewish state is on the front line of our struggle and its people the victims of terror. Canada will not accept or stay silent while the Jewish state is attacked for defending its territory and its citizens… Continue reading

Topics: Canada • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, September 28, 2011 at 20:55 pm CEST
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FM Mohamed Mouldi Kefi Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Allow me to salute the martyrs and youths of Tunisia’s peaceful revolution, a revolution for freedom and dignity that offered to the world an Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Tunisia • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 13:42 pm CEST
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FM Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

We believe that an establishment of Palestinian State on the borders of June 4, 1967 and the recognition of this State… Continue reading

Topics: Oman • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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FM Taïb Fassi Fihri Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The Arab world is witnessing profound events and transformations… Continue reading

Topics: Morocco • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, September 25, 2011 at 02:42 am CEST
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FM Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

It has become totally absurd to carry on talking about a peace process while Israel continues… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 14:03 pm CEST
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President Van Rompuy Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The legitimate aspirations of both the Palestinian and Israeli peoples for peace, safety and statehood must be fulfilled… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 00:04 am CEST
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PM David Cameron Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The people of the Arab world have made their aspirations clear… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 19:21 pm CEST
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President Mahmoud Abbas Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

I submitted an application for the admission of Palestine on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders, with AI-Quds AI-Sharif as its capital, as a full member of the United Nations… Continue reading

Topics: Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 17:18 pm CEST
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King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

There is no doubt that the world is now entering a new era of important changes… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, September 22, 2011 at 00:26 am CEST
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President Sarkozy Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Should such threats be made, France would immediately and wholeheartedly stand beside Israel… Continue reading

Topics: France • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, September 21, 2011 at 22:39 pm CEST
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Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

You are all aware that the blossoming of the Arab spring has faced everybody with heavy responsibilities to assume and with positions that they have to take… Continue reading

Topics: Qatar • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, September 11, 2011 at 17:33 pm CEST
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Once More Into the Swamp: The Attack on Israel’s Embassy Opens A New Era in Middle East History

The attack and looting of Israel’s embassy in Cairo is an event as significant as the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Israel • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, September 9, 2011 at 01:29 am CEST
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Egyptian Dissident: Maikel Nabil Sanad

Maikel Nabil Sanad, a 25-year old pacifist currently on a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Human Rights 
Posted on Mon, September 5, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Situation: Plenty to Worry About But Little to Fear

Since much of what I write about regional politics seems pessimistic… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Security and Defense • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 00:55 am CEST
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Instant obsolescence of the Turkish model

With the Turkish lira in free-fall, Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks less like a prospective Ottoman caliph than a garden-variety Third World strongman… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, August 12, 2011 at 18:21 pm CEST
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Spring comes, but not for Iraq’s Kurds

Amid widespread protests during this so-called “Arab Spring,” one place that has received relatively little media coverage is Iraqi Kurdistan… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Kurdish People • Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, August 10, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST
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“Revolutionary wave has reached Israel”: Iranian media and Israel’s wave of social protests

Last week the Iranian media provided extensive coverage of the growing wave of social protests in Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Israel 
Posted on Tue, August 9, 2011 at 21:40 pm CEST
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The Campaign to Panic Israel Into a Bad Strategy

Israel must rush to help create a Palestinian state as fast as possible in order to protect its own security… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Peace Process 
Posted on Mon, August 1, 2011 at 01:38 am CEST
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The Ultimate “Arab Spring” Quote

Rania Rifaat is the ultimate secular-oriented, social media-using, Egyptian “Arab Spring” activist… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Salafism 
Posted on Sun, July 31, 2011 at 00:04 am CEST
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Getting Serious in Syria

Every day there are massive demonstrations, shootings, and defections of soldiers in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 21:45 pm CEST
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Fouad Ajami: A Genuine Arab Hero

Edward Said is treated like a guru and hero; Fouad Ajami isn’t… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Democracy • Economy • Egypt • Islamic Countries • Libya • Syria • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 20:08 pm CEST
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Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution

Earlier this month I participated in Coptic Solidarity’s Second Annual Conference in Washington D.C… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Copts • Egypt • Global Islam • Iraq • Jihadism