The reasons for the involvement of the west in the MENA region are not limited to oil and security. These are the arguments used by both local autocrats and western powers to maintain control. The real threat however is a global revolutionary movement.
The 2012 US federal law denying visas to Iranian students comes into conflict with the educational mission of the US State Department.
Snared by geopolitical interests, post-9/11 interventions have too easily been captured by leading states. A robust law enforcement process must serve enforcers of law, not agents of geopolitical interests.
The Inquiry shows us that when asked a difficult question there is nearly always a way to deflect responsibility.
The act of dissent should match the need for equality, rather than the time for equality. In the fight for a right, there are no divisions.
Egypt’s president has a simple solution for activists who protest against his draconian laws criminalising public assembly. Jail them.
Situated far from sites of official peace negotiations, women’s activism, caretaking and community-building is often relegated to the category of service provision, but sustainable peace depends upon it.
The seizure of power in Sanaa by Houthi rebels has alerted the world to the crisis in Yemen. But it never really went away.
Israel, Iran and their allies struggle over their interests in the fate of Syria, only adding to the instability in the region.
The call for national mobilisation to oppose shale-gas exploitation in Algeria has been a success. But despite uninterrupted, growing protests and recent clashes, the Algerian government is pressing ahead with its shale-gas development plans.
A bizarre new Middle East is taking shape. We are now witnessing the disintegration of two countries and the rise of one ruthless caliphate. Part 1.
The Egyptian Government’s anti-terrorism measures in the wake of the Rab'aa mosque massacre continue to colour people’s daily lives with the suppressed trauma and memory of these events.
