Middle East & Africa
Goals of bin Salman’s visit to UK: Blood-colored agreement
The recent visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to the UK has attracted the attention of the various circles. Besides the diplomatic...
Al-Khalifa regime and the Islamic awakening in the region
Later in the spring of 2015, media sources quoting Al-Manar's news site said the Al-Khalifa regime canceled Sheikh Isa Qassim's nationality of prominent Bahraini...
New SIPRI brief on central Mali shows how interpretations of the conflict shape the responses
SIPRI announced the publication of a new Insights Paper, entitled ‘Central Mali: violence, local perspectives and diverging narratives’.
At a time when international—and national—actors are...
The White Helmet myth: A soft war propaganda
The White Helmets are repetitively described as volunteers and relentlessly depicted as heroes in the war zone. A suspicious Organization backed by the British...
Understanding Hezbollah’s “military engagement” in Syria: Achieving political goal or a religious drift?
Since the early 1980s, Hezbollah has been an “aggressive” politico-military actor “influencing” regional politics in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon. Its membership phenomenally grew...
Smoking and drinking: Churchill sets an example today’s Western leaders can learn from
To understand that Western emphasis on human rights is at best a fig leaf to do business with autocrats whose rule is based on...
International soccer bodies ignore blatant rule violations in run-up to Egyptian election
International soccer bodies, in violation of their own bylaws, have ignored the blatant mixing of sports and politics in advance of this month’s Egyptian...
Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa
In 2000, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of political leaders ever held. At that meeting, all 189 UN member states, plus leading...
Arabs leverage lucrative nuclear contracts to enhance security and keep options open
Controversy in South Korea over a secret military clause in a nine-year old agreement to build the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear reactor raises...
Africa Can Tackle Its “Severe Learning Crisis,” Needs to Focus on Access and Quality
Africa faces a “severe learning crisis” that undermines economic growth and the well-being of its citizens, according to a new World Bank study. The...