How Realistic Is It to Go Retro in Turkey-Syria Relations?
Compelling factors and actors push Turkey and Syria into a rapprochement course, but the facts on the ground may impede it.
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What Does Sectarianism Mean for Lebanese Society?
Can a fully civilian government be established in Lebanon? Can the parliament be replaced by politicians with no sectarian affiliation…
Gulf Regional Rift Mended but Will It Extend to Turkey?
Many factors make the rapprochement between Turkey and Saudi Arabia more likely yet improving the relations between Turkey and the…
Genocide as a Label of Choice: Why Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others
Without a shadow of doubt, some genocides are accorded more importance than others. This has to do with international politics.
The Most Dangerous Place in the World: Jammu & Kashmir and Its Ongoing Border Disputes
The people of Jammu&Kashmir do not engage in border disputes with each other. They wait for a plebiscite, promised by…
False Hopes: How the Palestinian Elections Will Only Reinforce Division
Elections will only deepen the divide among the Palestinians and falsely proclaim before the world that Palestinians have a state…
Designating Houthis as Terrorists Changes Very Little
There is muted optimism in Tehran and Sanaa that Biden might reverse the decision of designating the Houthis as a…
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…
Will Latin America Turn into Another Domain of Right-Wing Politics?
The growing influence of evangelical Zionists is not the only drive for the establishment and solidification of far-right regimes in…
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…
Hatem Ali’s Contribution to a Collective Memory Spirited by Drama, History, and Politics
Since 2012, Ali lived in self-exile which seems to have been a political message of refusing to accept the Syrian…
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…