Middle East & Africa
The killing of Qassim Soleimani: The United States misreads the tea leaves
The killing of Iranian military leader
Qassim Soleimani proves the point: The United States has perfected the art of
strengthening Iranian hardliners fuelled by an apparently...
US military strikes in Iraq stir regional hornet’s nest
The United States stirred a hornet’s nest that stretches far beyond Iraq
when it this weekend attacked an Iranian-backed militia.
The fallout of the US strikes...
2019 was a decade of defiance and dissent -The 2020s are likely to be no different
Like 2019, the new year and perhaps the new
decade is likely to be pockmarked by popular protest, particularly in the
Middle East and North Africa.
The...
From a ‘color organization’ to ‘Joker’s mask’
Theories of soft subversion have always been popular around the
world, in the form of “symbolization” in social movements and protests.
“Symbol” in protests is a sign...
Iran: How to keep the nuclear deal alive
The situation around the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action - JCPOA) is getting worse every day as US President Donald Trump and...
New Iraqi election law: Mechanisms that have changed
After lots of arguments, the Iraqi parliament finally approved the new
electoral law. Iraqi parliamentarians approved all the articles of the new
election law on Tuesday...
More than a military show: What are behind China, Russia & Iran
On December 27, 2019, China,
Russia and Iran began joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman.
This is an unprecedented military cooperation...
Iran’s naval drill ‘show of strength’ to U.S.
Iran is preparing to hold a joint naval exercise with China and Russia
in the Indian Ocean, the first of its kind since the 1979...
From Nuclear to NewClear
In the course of many visits to Iran over the years I have come to
realise that no country is the subject of such fascination...
Israeli soccer club’s anti-racism echoes Israel’s political divide
Storied and crowned soccer club Beitar
Jerusalem was for decades a pillar of the Israeli right-wing and an
often-extreme symbol of Israel’s lurch towards the right...