Saudi Arabia’s Stance on Israel-Iran Escalation: War or Diplomacy?
Saudi Arabia, caught in uncertainty, views an Israeli Iranian war as ill-timed, neutrality as uncomfortable, and descent into the fray as inevitable.
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The Arrest of Alexey Navalny: Who in Russia Is Afraid of the Kremlin Critic?
Alexei Navalny can pose a serious threat not to Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings are still high, but to certain…
Islamism in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Undermined by its ideological and political contradictions, Islamism failed to emerge as the dominant force to take over the state…
A Clash with Silicon Valley is Inevitable: Social Media Giants Turn More Aggressive
With their embargo against Trump, tech giants intervened more visibly than ever before in the political system of their own…
Living as Muslim in New Zealand after the Christchurch Mosque Attacks: An Interview with Anjum Rahman
All the concerns are still there. There are people, going down the path of hate. The systemic and institutional discrimination…
Gantz, Netanyahu, Bennett and Israeli Politics in a Stalemate
Israelis live in the illusion that another hero will show up, another general with the dust of a recent war…
Is the UAE-Saudi Political Alliance Sustainable?
Despite Emirati unwillingness, Riyadh was keen on lifting the blockade on Qatar. Moreover, Saudi Arabia and the UAE pursue different…
Modern-Day Orientalists Have Never Understood the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring had many messages, the most important of which was that the Arab people could hold their governments…
Kuwait’s Parliament Abstains from Foreign Policy Yet Shapes Public Opinion
Although Kuwait’s parliament rarely engages in matters of foreign affairs, its role as a check and balance to the executive…
French “Enlightenment Islam” and State Authoritarianism
Today’s France instead of creating a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, a model of integration, it replicates the former attitude towards…
Facebook’s Lawsuit against Israeli Spy Firm NSO Reveals Its Dirty Work
Facebook’s lawsuit offers a glimmer of hope to stop NSO’s unconstrained assault on the right to privacy and security in…
War Within War in Yemen: Agendas and Prospects of Warring Parties
The UAE is fuelling a ‘war within a war’ inside Yemen; not only distracting from the original aim of ousting…
Malaysia and Turkey: Old Friends, New Allies?
Turkey views Malaysia as its gateway to Southeast and East Asia, and likewise Malaysia sees Turkey as its doorway into…
The Insurrection and Its Discontents: American Exceptionalism Revisited
Surely, the storming of the U.S. Congress will have global repercussions, not least among them the collective rejection of the…
Capitol Hill Attack Is the Logical Endgame of Trumpism
Unaccountability breeds impudence. It is an urgent moral necessity to hold accountable all those who incited the coup attempt through…
Political Assassinations: From the Assassins to Modern Politics
What is most worrisome about political assassinations today is that just like the assassination of Ferdinand in 1914 was the…
“We Are Scared of Our Own Shadow”: An Interview with Raphael Liogier on Islamo-Paranoia in France
First thing we should do is to stop talking all the time about Islam. Because when we talk about Islam,…
The Hirak Movement in Algeria Continues to Demand Change
The Hirak in Algeria is not exclusive to the protests in the streets; every article, every meme, every tweet against…
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This…
