Good Luck President Obama, You Need It!
Most of Obama’s policies are completely unchanged from those of his predecessor. The War on Terror continues, the drone..
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Revolution Is A Messy Business
So 2012 is over and we are looking ahead to 2013. A lot has happened during the last year as the Middle East plodded on through the late..
#4: Shiraz Maher on Islamists, al Qaeda & the Arab Spring
In this episode of Debrief, Tom Hashemi is joined by Shiraz Maher, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of..
‘Innocence of Muslims’ Rioting Has Nothing To Do With Religion
The protests and rioting in the Middle East are not, as is argued, a result of the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’. Instead, they..
US Presidential Election Roundup 9/9 – 15/9
This week’s roundup of the US presidential elections… Romney discusses Mormonism [Huffington Post] US Republican presidential..
Telling Muslims To ‘Do One’ Is Not Pragmatism
A pragmatist would work to understand the drivers for jihadism and extreme Islamism. Telling Islamists to fuck off does not feature, and it..
‘Innocence of Muslims’ ‘offends’ Muslims. ‘Well So Fucking What?’
There should be, there must be, no compromise, no backing off the rhetoric of freedom of speech. There is no such thing as the “abuse”..
Pan-Islamism & The Interwar Period
Islam, international politics & mass mobilization: an analysis over the interwar period. {Department of International Relations, London..
Could There Be Another Iranian Revolution? (Part 2)
Will the Green Movement pull off a second Iranian revolution? The second of a two part series examining the feasibility and probability of..
Top 10 Middle Eastern Developments To Watch (Part 2)
The second part of a two-part piece providing the top 10 Middle Eastern developments to keep your eye on. In this section: the..
Top 10 Middle Eastern Developments To Watch (Part 1)
The first of a two-part piece providing the top 10 Middle Eastern developments to keep your eye on. In this section: Azeri-Iranian..
A Revolution On Sexual Violence In Egypt
Talk of democracy, civil liberties, and human rights should not be carried out in vain; Egyptians need to come out and speak up against the..
Egypt’s New President: A View From Cairo
Allowing Mursi to become President represents a certain acceptance by the military council that, in order to go forward, a few steps..
Mediation: What Does Success Depend Upon?
Is success in mediation dependent upon a particular combination of circumstance and personality? {Department of War Studies, King’s..
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Resistance and Retribution: Israel’s Follies in Gaza
The IDF is entering another endless rabbit warren from which it will emerge victory-less after it inevitably fails to achieve its aims...