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About James Howarth

James Howarth is co-director of the middle east and north Africa division of the political risk consultancy Exclusive Analysis

Articles by James Howarth

Thursday 7th February

The quiet revolution: energy futures in Iran, the Gulf, and Israel

James Howarth, 7 February 2008
A transformation in energy policy will reshape the middle east's profile as a region defined by oil
Friday 20th January

Al-Qaida, globalisation and Islam: a response to Faisal Devji

James Howarth, 20 January 2006
A deliberate ambiguity between the spiritual and the political fuels the symbolic power of the elusive Islamist network, says James Howarth, the translator of Osama bin Laden's "messages to the world".
Wednesday 16th November

The fallout from Amman

James Howarth, 16 November 2005
The Jordan hotel bombs are a warped success for jihadism. But the path from Sayyid Qutb via Osama bin Laden to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is one of irrevocable decline for the Islamist movement, argues James Howarth.
Thursday 10th November

Jordan's 9/11

James Howarth, 10 November 2005
The Amman hotel bombs have ripped through peaceful Jordan. They represent a dangerous and potent fusion of domestic dissent, revulsion at American influence, Iraqi-influenced insurgent violence and global jihadism, writes James Howarth in Amman.
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