Posted on Sat, July 7, 2012 at 21:00 pm CEST
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“And What Do You Want to Say to the Iraqi People?”

I’ve been interviewed a number of times, for example, by Iraqi journalists. But this time there was a different kind of question at the end of the interview… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 16:29 pm CEST
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The Middle East: Brave New World or Scary New Master?

If you want a sense of where the Middle East is going, consider this viewpoint from an unlikely source… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Islamism • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • Wahhabism 
Posted on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Watching the new state of South Sudan fall into chaos

The worst problem South Sudan faces is tribalism, despite the unity that was cultivated among South Sudanese rebels during decades of resistance to Khartoum’s aggressive campaigns of Islamization… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Economy • Energy • Politics • South Sudan 
Posted on Wed, October 19, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST
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Assessing Bahrain

Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • GCC • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 19:31 pm CET
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Arab Political Upheavals: Obsession with Israel Blinded Westerners to the Real Middle East

As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East