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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding right and left populisms
Neoliberal globalization has increased both economic insecurity and cultural anxiety. Have theories of populism...
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Published in: HomeZionism: the history of a contested word
These polarising terms should be shelved, and taken out only when we are discussing political philosophy, which most...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTo become a bit more human: Review of Belén Fernández, “Letter from Iran”
In “Letter from Iran” Belén Fernández reminds us that we—people everywhere—are not Washington cyphers but...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLong live the struggle!
A statement by the #she_defends campaign on the international day for the elimination of violence against women: the...
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Published in: HomeEducation, Islam and Criticality
Can a new kind of integrated knowledge-creation occur, that is outside as well as inside the post-Enlightenment...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaContagion effect and the Saudi grand game in the Middle East
The willingness of Mohammed bin Salman to embark on a series of moves against Iranian power in the Middle East...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Prince: on how many fronts can Mohammad bin Salman act simultaneously?
The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTehran attacks: local and regional significance
The attacks in Tehran, the crisis in Qatar, and the announced Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq are...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS faces risks as Trump misreads the Middle East
Militarising the region further and taking sides in a recently concocted sectarian conflict will likely end in tears.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump in the Middle East: context and consequences
Trump’s regional approach to “peace” and stability and the new regional order, aims to ensure the normalcy of...
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Published in: HomeWhat obsessing about you-know-who causes us to miss
24 key national security issues that neither the Washington elite nor the media consider worth their bother.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to lose the next war in the Middle East: the short answer, fight it!
It’s hardly a brilliant observation to point out that, more than 15 years after the "global war on terror", the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump’s Syrian “safe area” is just another wall
Without a true and robust commitment to save lives, Trump’s idea for a safe area in Syria looks more like a death trap.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria: Is peace possible if Assad stays?
Whatever the political outcome, transitioning from violence to peace is not just about the removal of violence. How...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn troubled Hebron, an innovative programme of activism training brings new hope
The organisation that filmed the notorious incident of an Israeli medic shooting a wounded Palestinian teenager in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProtesters say Jordanian law dealing with ‘honour’ crimes is a “license to kill"
Gathering outside the national parliament last month, a group of young protesters confronted one of Jordan’s most...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUN report confirms that Israel is guilty of apartheid, and endorses BDS
On Wednesday afternoon, a ground breaking UN report from the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAdding insult to injury: when Israel and Britain celebrate the historical trauma of Palestinians
Palestinians will not be silenced. We will voice our historical testimony and tell our narrative to make sense of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe ‘mafia principle’ and godfather Trump
Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the extreme manifestation of an existing foreign policy doctrine - the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill the re-launch of the Mosul battle by the Iraqi PM reverse Trump’s hostile stance?
The highly unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections sent shock waves across the world,...