When Did the Concept of Terrorism Become Exclusively Negative?
Over the span of 125 years, the concept of terrorism changed its meaning from “almost acceptable” to “unacceptable” and “purely evil”.
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South Africa: The Challenges of Liberation
South Africa’s negotiated settlement achieved a great deal in terms of the political liberation of the masses, but its poor,…
All-Out-War between Ethiopia and Sudan on the Doorstep?
All the recent steps taken by Sudan and Ethiopia are needlessly offensive and foolish since they are interdependent and have…
Why Did the United States Add Israel to CENTCOM?
Having aligned their security interest with Israel, Arab states will now find it extremely difficult to disentangle themselves from the…
Mutawasiloun: Palestinians Resist Israeli Attempts to Encage Them
Mutawasiloun is a manifestation of Palestinian collective memory. The more Israel becomes racist and imposes laws that enforce apartheid, the…
Conspiracy Theories: Why Do They Appeal to Some People?
It is a mixture of frustrated psychological needs coupled with a cognitively biased understanding of world that sparks a person’s…
Bitcoin: The New Global Reserve Currency?
World governments are likely to experience that their financial powers continue to be challenged by bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies.
Tunisian Politics at Crossroad with Kais Saied’s Vision of Governance
Behind the conflict lies President Kais Saeid’s hostile attitude towards the political system in general and the way in which…
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…
