Middle East & Africa
The lessons from the elections and the way forward for the ANC and the South Africa
The municipality elections were held in South Africa on August 3 2016. The African National Congress (ANC) which had emerged from the post-apartheid regime...
The new great Middle East game between Russia and Turkey
With the very recent meeting held in St. Petersburg on August 8 last between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan - the only high-level...
The (in)compatibility of Islam and Democracy
The effects of the Skyes-Picot Agreement are still being felt today. It is true that the modern Middle East is a house built by...
The Cultural-Historical Debate behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (B)
What about Jews' legal rights? Israel's political rights and sovereignty over the mandated territory called 'Palestine' were favored under International Law. In 1917 Lord...
The Cultural-Historical Debate behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
It is so mistakenly common to refer to the "Middle East conflict" as the “Arab-Israeli conflict.” In fact, in the Middle East there are...
Turkish Realignment
US vice-president Joe Biden is in Turkey to help shore up the languishing relation between the US and Turkey. The Turkish-US alliance has reached...
Hope for Resolving the Water Conflict in the Middle East
The availability of fresh water has direct impact on food and energy production, development of industry, and human survival. Fresh water resources are often...
Changing face of Middle Eastern geopolitics
It is a recognized reality that the Middle East is divided into two greater blocs, where Syria, Iraq & Hezbollah are spearheaded by Iran...
The Origin and Essence of “Palestine” and “Palestinians” as political entities (B)
The Palestinian national movement has become the hostile stepsister, mainly the slayer of the Zionist national movement, and it remained until today absolutist in...
The Origin and Essence of “Palestine” and “Palestinians” as political entities (A)
“Palestine” as a territory and “Palestinians” as a people are not mentioned in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah (Hadīth and Sīrah), or in...