Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions
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Ali ShukriAli Shukri, a former head of the private office of King Hussein of Jordan, is Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College, Oxford. Recent articlesThe Syrian factor The regime of Bashar al-Assad, now under intense pressure from the US in the wake of Saddam’s fall, appears to be one of the losers of the Iraq war. But modern Syrian history offers a warning to America that combative rhetoric of the ‘rogue state’ variety may be less effective in encouraging progress than the quieter diplomacy of its British ally. The war on Iraq: its effect on the Arab worldHow will the change of regime in Iraq impact on the rest of the Middle East? An experienced Jordanian adviser and scholar takes a cool, country-by-country tour of the region. |
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