Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 01:05 am CET
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Why Do Western Elites Minimize Radical Threats in the Middle East?

Why cannot Western elites see this kind of lightly camouflaged extremism… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Palestinian Authority • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, November 17, 2011 at 19:36 pm CET
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Islam: What Does “Moderate” Islamist Mean?

Are Islamist parties portrayed as more moderate or pluralistic than they actually are… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Religion • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, November 16, 2011 at 19:23 pm CET
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A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Syrian Revolution • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 00:42 am CET
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How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy

Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes; Insists They are Moderate

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, November 7, 2011 at 01:30 am CET
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The Arab Political Left and the Islamist Drive for Power

In the “good old days” of Stalinist Communism, the Left would have called the Islamists, “clerical fascists”… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Tunisia 
Posted on Tue, November 1, 2011 at 02:15 am CET
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“Moderate Islamism?” Does It Exist?

A new term is foisted on us without serious debate or proof and we are supposed to rejoice at the triumphs of those now called “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism 
Posted on Sat, October 29, 2011 at 15:01 pm CEST
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Out of Tune in Tunisia: What’s Really Going on There and Throughout the Arab World

What is the current political situation in Tunisia? Simple… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Communism • Islamism • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, October 26, 2011 at 01:26 am CEST
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Welcome to the Islamist Middle East and It’s Not Going to be Moderate

The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamism • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, October 21, 2011 at 00:36 am CEST
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What Gaddafi’s Death Teaches the Middle East…And Should Teach the West

What can we learn from the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
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 20:13 pm CEST
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Here Come the Arab Elections!

Imagine when parties are negotiating over the Constitution and the election rules… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Syria • Tunisia 
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 16:21 pm CEST
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FM Uri Rosenthal Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The call for freedom and democracy from the streets of the Arab world has brought about great change… Continue reading

Topics: Netherlands • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 14:52 pm CEST
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Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The UAE has played a vital role in international efforts aiming at protecting the people of Libya… Continue reading

Topics: United Arab Emirates • 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 Fri, September 23, 2011 at 00:49 am CEST
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Prime Minister Erdogan Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Israel should realize that it is not possible to sustain the state of perpetual conflict and confrontation… Continue reading

Topics: Turkey • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, August 5, 2011 at 22:20 pm CEST
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Obama’s Only Policy

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, July 13, 2011 at 23:56 pm CEST
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The Incredibly Significant Missing Element in Egypt’s Revolution

As I always say, the most important stories about the Middle East are right there on the surface but are nonetheless neglected… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 18:48 pm CEST
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Tunisia’s Morning After

Where does Tunisia, the unlikely igniter of the Middle Eastern upheavals, stand on the democratic transition scale… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 00:57 am CEST
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Economy: Humpty Obumpty and the Arab Spring

Pay close attention to this article by the analytical artist who calls himself “Spengler.” He has been arguing… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • G8 • Islamic Countries • Morocco • Syria • The Middle East • Tunisia • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 01:51 am CEST
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Here In One Sentence is What Obama Doesn’t Understand About the Middle East

The changes in the region are producing more extremism, not more moderation… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:44 am CEST
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Syria Murders Hundreds; “Pro-‘Arab Spring'” West Yawns or Supports Syrian Regime

The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy