When Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia shortly after becoming President of the United States in 2017, the Saudi-led axis felt it had received a green light from the new American leader to dramatically escalate the pressure on Doha and, perhaps, bring it to its knees once and for all.
Capitol Hill Attack Is the Logical Endgame of Trumpism
Trump, who entered office pledging to end “American carnage” will unceremoniously depart the White House next week for his contrived ostentation of Mar-A-Lago, leaving in his wake the most carnage done to democratic institutions in the United States since the Civil War.
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
We lost centrality to the United States of America.
Morocco Lost One of Its “Sacred” Causes with the Israel Normalization
However, if it is really moderate, it is only so in its relations with the European Union and the United States of America.
Looking Beyond Ain Issa: The Way Forward in North East Syria
In late November reports emerged of ongoing oil sales; by the self-styled Syrian Democratic Forces, a group which Ankara believes the PKK’s Syrian wing the YPG uses to hide behind, to Assad, despite America prohibiting such sales.
People of Color and Politics in the West: A New Trend?
Palestinian-American Iman Jodeh is the first Muslim American to be elected to represent the 41st district in the Colorado House of Representatives in the 2020 general election, becoming the first Muslim lawmaker in the state’s history.
Public Art in the Service of the State: Political Iconography in Iran
During the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1, which led to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the House of Designers installed billboards entitled American Honesty in Iranian cities.
Has the Libyan Civil War Come to an End?
Read: Restoring Order in the Eastern Mediterranean
New player or new attitude in Libya?
A major factor will be the incoming American administration.
Will Biden Upend the Controversial US-UAE Arms Deal?
In October, Biden-the-candidate vowed to “reassess our relationship with the Kingdom , end US support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, and make sure America does not check its values at the door to sell arms or buy oil.
Israel Is the Perpetual Winner of All US Presidential Elections
The reports of assigning Palestinian-American Reema Dodin as the deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs give hope to the Palestinians.
How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?
Read: Jewish Americans Wanted Anything But Donald TrumpBlinken’s decades of experience in top Democratic foreign policy circles brings with it assets and liabilities.
“Trumpism was an aberrational swing of the political pendulum to the extreme right”: Interview with Poka Laenui
So, his ilk will not completely disappear from the American playing field, but they have always been in the U.
Can Diasporas Ease Tensions in International Politics?
These peoples include but are not limited to the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian diasporas in South America, North America, and Europe; the Indian and Chinese diasporas in Malaysia; the Greek and Japanese diasporas in the United States; and the Turkish diaspora in Europe.
Trump Lost But Trumpism Thrives
“What Trumpism is is a statist, authoritarian ideology that’s inimical to the American precepts of democracy.
Why Irish and Palestinian Hunger Strikers Choose Self-Sacrifice
With regard to Ireland, American public and even elite opinion was strongly supportive of Catholic resistance in Northern Ireland, and the U.
Making Sense of Hunger Strikes and Symbolic Politics
It may be helpful to remember that it was the self-immolation of Buddhist monks in Saigon during the 1960s was considered a scream of the culture in reaction to the American led military intervention.
A Turkish-Italian Alliance on Libya?
Major companies like FIAT or UniCredit, which have been important actors of Italian foreign policy in Libya and the East Mediterranean, are now focused on the American or internal market.
Israeli Occupation and the Palestinian Identity: An Interview with Sami Al-Arian
In the West, for example in the United States of America where I lived for four decades, you could see whole villages, especially from the West Bank, relocated to the US, and there they would begin life again and eventually gain citizenship.
How the Politics of Antiracism Impact Art, Culture, and Literature
When a gallery or civil building is stocked with neoclassical evocations of Columbus and other colonial figures, with the works of white-American and white-European artists, the presence of “Black artists” and “artists of color” is very often represented in a skewed pop-urban way.