Global Response to Coronavirus Exposes Governments’ Fault Lines
There’s a message in Pakistani and Egyptian responses to the Coronavirus: neither ultra-conservative science-rejecting worldviews nor self-serving autocratic policies aimed at regime enhancement produced...
China manoeuvres to protect its interests while keeping its hands clean
The question is not if, but when the long-standing American defence umbrella in the Gulf, the world’s most militarised and volatile region, will be...
Playing for Higher Stakes: Saudi Arabia Gambles on Oil War with Russia
Saudi Arabia’s
oil spat with Russia throws a spanner into the works of the Kingdom’s
long-standing effort to hedge its bets, a strategy that has taken...
Coronavirus: The Middle East’s lessons not learnt and missed opportunities
There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning the
lessons of the Coronavirus’ devastating effect.
Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing...
Biden, Sanders, or Trump: US Policy Towards the Gulf Will Change Regardless
The fight in this week’s Democratic primaries may have
been about who confronts Donald J. Trump in November’s US presidential
election, Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden....
The Long-term Political Fallout of Coronavirus
As the coronavirus spreads, so does its
likely political fallout.
For authoritarians and autocrats, the
fallout is likely to be a mixed bag.
Some will benefit from invasive...
Eastern Mediterranean: A microcosm of regional and global battles
The Eastern Mediterranean has become a flash-point for the meshing of
geopolitics, the struggle for regional hegemony, battles for control of
resources, religious soft power rivalry,...
Trump vs Sanders? Populism vs Populism
Civilisationalism’s
train may well have left the station. That may also be true for a fundamental
re-definition of US foreign policy.
To what degree,
civilisationalism continues its march...
Not a pretty picture: The contours of a new world order are on your tv screen
Television
news summarizes daily what a new world order shaped by civilisationalists
entails.
Writer
William Gibson’s assertion that “the
future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed”...
Pakistan puts press freedom at the core of struggle for new world order
Sweeping new
regulations restricting social media in Pakistan put freedom of expression and the media at the heart of the struggle
to counter both civilizationalist and...