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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern Sahara: the inconvenient uprising nobody wants to talk (or hear) aboutWhile many praise the remarkable determination of Sahrawi activists to maintain the peaceful character of their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMohamed and Michael are both Egyptian
Egypt all of a sudden, at least on the surface, appears to have a growing problem of sectarianism.
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Published in: HomeOccupy Wall Street has some questions for Taksim Square
In interview, Müştereklerimiz, “The Network for Our Commons” argues that the really invisible flag, here in Taksim...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s protests: the limits of hubrisTurkey is in turmoil. Hundreds of thousands are protesting on the country’s main squares against a whole set of...
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Published in: HomeA Turkish Spring?Should Cameron, Obama, Hollande and Merkel remain tight-lipped about the disorder spreading across Turkey, we must...
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Published in: HomeMI5 Woolwich failure due to geopolitical alliance with Islamist extremists
The strange British reluctance to prosecute banned group Al Muhajiroun activists despite their support for al-Qaeda...
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Published in: openSecurityA u-turn in Turkish politics? Gezi Park in perspective
The simmering dissent and dissatisfaction unleashed at Gezi Park may not be enough to topple AKP's majority, but it...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: has the post-Bouteflika era already begun?
Might the end of one of the most remarkable, and defining, of political careers in Algeria’s history be upon us?
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Published in: HomeMyths, falsehoods and misrepresentations about IranChapter seven of ‘A Dangerous Delusion: why the west is wrong about nuclear Iran’ by Peter Oborne and David...
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Published in: HomePalestine, peoples and borders in the new Middle East mapToday’s Sunni/Shiite regional war is the direct product of the Bush/Blair war on Iraq. The divide is all the more...
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Published in: HomeSyria: the imperative of de-escalation
In this excerpt from the latest ECFR policy briefing on Syria, the authors argue that a rare moment of opportunity...
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Published in: HomeNotes on a hunger strike
You might say Habeas Corpus literally means - you have a right to keep your body.
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Published in: openSecurityIsrael's loopy logic of exoneration
Israel's recent 'update' on military investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza last November is an affirmation of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBeyond Arab vs Berber: the rich complexities of Algerian identity should be celebrated, not feared
In launching their war of independence in November 1954, Algerians emphatically rejected this divisive bait,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThrow away your textbooks: education via revolution
How Egypt’s young adults stole the show, which is how it should be, because the show was meant to be about them in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgerian activism: a new generation draws the line
Away from the traditional circles of power, a new force has been working its way up to the surface of the Algerian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: how the murder of two children shook a nation
The tragic fate of Brahim and Haroun has acted as a powerful conduit for the expression of wider, deeper ills and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: from uprising to revolution?The two and a half weeks between January 25 and February 11, 2011 proved that in Egypt there is a strong demand for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil
This year's 41st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have...
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Published in: openSecurityA shot at utopia: assessing Lebanon's challenges in the race for Mediterranean oil wealth
Lebanon's plans to harnass the vast oil and gas reserves off its shores already reveal familiar echoes of past...