This month’s mid-term elections in the United States will show us the direction the country will head in the coming two years and indicate the future shape of American foreign…
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The possibility that several Gulf states, as well as India, might suspend BlackBerry services unless certain security conditions are implemented is the latest sign of the tension between modern technology…
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Recently, The Economist took an interest in Arab autocracy, titling a leader on the subject “Thank You and Goodbye.” The premise for this statement was that the leaders of Egypt…
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Lately, Arabs appear to have rediscovered Turkey, which they had previously tended to depict as something gruesome in its Ottoman personification. This shallow rediscovery — shallow for being pegged to…
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The World Cup is upon us, and for a few weeks the language of amity and unity will be pushed aside by rants and rumbles of nationalistic exclusivity. In the…
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In mid-April, people surfing the Internet were able to witness a gruesome wartime killing. Swedish website Wikileaks posted a graphic videotape of an American Apache helicopter gunning down several men…
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Recently, I happened to be involved in a public debate about the possibility of Lebanon soon introducing a smoking ban, along the lines of similar interdictions in Syria and Turkey.…
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This March 14 will be the fifth anniversary of the massive gathering that took place one month after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. And while…
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In early November, the Western media was awash with material celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not surprisingly, these echoes had turned into a hollow…
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When it comes to major political and economic policies in the Middle East, is the United States about to break a six decade-long habit? That the question can be asked…
