Mending Gulf fences could weaken support for US sanctions against Iran
Saudi efforts to negotiate an end to the Yemen war in a bid to open a
dialogue with Iran could call into question continued Gulf...
Middle Eastern protests: A tug of war over who has the longer breath
Mass anti-government protests in several
Arab countries are turning into competitions to determine who has the longer
breath, the protesters or the government.
In Algeria, Lebanon and...
Strategic Black Sea falls by the wayside in impeachment controversy
Presidents Donald J. Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a plateful of
thorny issues on their agenda when they met in the White House this...
Gulf soccer suggests that “The Times They Are a-Changin”
Gulf soccer may be giving Bob Dylan’s 1964 hit, ‘The Times They Are
a-Changin,’ a new lease on life.
Qatar surrendered its
Arabian Gulf Cup hosting rights...
It’s when not if China’s Middle Eastern tightrope snaps
China is manoeuvring to avoid being sucked into the Middle East’s
numerous disputes amid mounting debate in Beijing on whether the People’s
Republic will be able...
Salvaging international law: The best of bad options
These are uncertain times with trade wars, regional conflicts and
increased abuse of human and minority rights pockmarking the transition from a
unipolar to a multipolar...
Rise of civilisationalists forces rethink of sovereign nation state
Shaping a new
world order is proving to be about a lot more than power.
The rise of
the civilizational state and of civilizational rather than national...
Global protests: Russia and China risk ending up on the wrong side of history
Widespread perceptions see Russia together with China as the rising
powers in the Middle East as a result of America’s flip flops in Syria and...
Countering civilisationalism: Lebanese and Iraqi protesters transcend sectarianism
Protests in Lebanon have evolved into more
than a fight against failed and corrupt government that has long stymied
development in the Middle East and North...
Popular Protest: How effective is it?
If there is one theme, beyond corruption and a host of economic and
social grievances, that have driven protests -- large and small, local,
sectoral and...