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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE, at the Summit on the Global Agenda, November 2008. Photo: World Economic Forum / Norbert Schiller via Wikipedia

European Union, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

The Middle East has its own map to modernity

by Jonathan Gornall November 15, 2018

Symbol of Tunisia with Buildlings in Background. Photo: iStock

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Tunisia tosses post-Arab Spring springboard

by Gary Kleiman October 16, 2018

Newly appointed Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz meets with union leaders in Amman, on June 7, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli

Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, World

Jordan walks a tightrope between rival powers

by Jonathan Gorvett June 17, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds an arms-sales chart with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

Egypt, Germany, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia’s perilous pivot

by Shlomo Avineri April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Moroccan supporters of the February 20 pro-reform movement take part in a demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary the movement's creation, on February 20, 2016. The movement was born during the so-called Arab Spring. Photo: AFP / Fadel Senna

Jordan, Middle East, World

How ‘decentralization’ became a power play in the Arab world

by Janine A. Clark April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Middle East. Map: iStock

Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Saudi Arabia has to face a pro-Iranian Turkey

by Khalid Ibn Muneer March 31, 2018

Participants hold up signs as students and gun control advocates hold the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

AT Finance, Middle East, Vietnam, World

‘Strawberry Generation’: The time for activism is now

by Zyn Ang March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Post-Arab Spring Europe goes against Trump’s Iran-bashing

by Emanuele Scimia January 17, 2018

Plans to deliver democracy to various parts of the world have often crashed and burned. Photo: iStock

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Regime-change fans should know democracy does not guarantee peace

by Leon Hadar January 4, 2018

Palestinian men pray as Israeli security forces secure outside the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, World

Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount

by Spengler July 27, 2017

Qatari troops take part in a joint naval exercise with US troops in the Persian Gulf on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Naseem Zeitoon

Egypt, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

The Gulf crisis, the Muslim Brotherhood and regional flux

by Salman Rafi June 19, 2017

Demonstrators send off white doves from the beach as they protest in support of US President Donald Trump during a rally in Huntington Beach, California, on March 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Patrick T. Fallon

China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The Arab Spring and the Western Winter

by Ishac Diwan March 28, 2017

sand oil economy

Egypt, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Why economists missed the Arab Spring

by Hassan Hakimian March 22, 2017March 27, 2017

Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hold up his pictures as they wait for him to be transferred to a court, in front of Maadi military hospital in Cairo, Egypt, March 2, 2017. Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

Egypt, Middle East

Mubarak acquitted of protester deaths

by Agence France-Presse March 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The sleepwalkers and Mr Trump

by Spengler November 5, 2016November 6, 2016

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man overlooks Judaism's Western Wall and the sacred compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine stand in Jerusalem. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, World

China, Israel, and a return to the cloverleaf world

by Christina Lin October 27, 2016November 1, 2016

Beijing, China, Middle East

China’s Internet battle — Beijing Spring or digital Cultural Revolution?: Gertz

by Bill Gertz March 21, 2016March 22, 2016

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The 30% solution — when war without end ends: Spengler

by Spengler March 13, 2016March 14, 2016

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

Iran relishes jogging the memory of the Great Satan

by Admin February 3, 2016February 11, 2016

China, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

The Saudi overreach annoys U.S.

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 12, 2015June 18, 2015

Bahrain, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

The Gulf Arab snub to Obama isn’t so bad

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 11, 2015June 18, 2015

China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Obama and the “right side of history” in Yemen

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 25, 2015June 18, 2015

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Saudi Arabia and 3 non-Arab musketeers

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 23, 2015June 18, 2015

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Yemen talks a defining moment for U.S.-Iran ties

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 22, 2015October 12, 2015

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Deconstructing Obama’s Yemeni intervention

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 21, 2015October 12, 2015

China, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Middle East

Is Iran capable of rethink on Israel?

by Admin April 20, 2015May 4, 2015

Bahrain, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Obama leashes the Saudi war dogs

by M.K. Bhadrakumar March 28, 2015October 12, 2015