Shaky monarchies, strategic pressures, and threats to energy and shipping
The failure to date by oil- and gas-rich Persian...
Tags: civil war in Syria, Egypt, gas, Global Brief, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iran's nuclear programme, Israël, James Dorsey, Libya, Middle East security, oil, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf security, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Proposition: The Arab Spring is, on balance, a major strategic problem for Israel
Saeed Rahnema (against): Whether or not...
Tags: Arab Spring, Assad's regime, David Tal, Egypt, geostrategic impact of the Arab Spring, Global Brief, Iran, Israël, Israel's response to the Arab Spring, Israel's security, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, political unrest, pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, religious fundamentalists, Saeed Rahnema, Saudi Arabia, self-determination, Six-Day War, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Nader Hashemi
Shortly after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, Aluf Benn, the editor-in-chief of Haaretz, wrote a column entitled:...
Tags: Akbar S. Ahmed, Alon Ben-Meir, Arab Spring, Ayatollah Sistani, Bahrain, civil liberties, democracy, Egypt, future of the Middle East, Gaddafi, Global Brief, Hezbollah, Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Israël, Joel Beinin, Kuwait, Middle East peace, Nader Hashemi, Rebecca C. Lunnon, Saeb Kasm, Stanford University, Syria
The future of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa is with the unstructured, civic action networks that started...
Tags: Arab civil society, Arab democracy, Arab Spring, Arab world, Arab-Persian relations, Bahrain, civil society, Egypt, EU, European Union, Facebook, Global Brief, Green Movement, Green Revolution, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Middle East, NATO, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sunni-Shia relations, Sven Spengemann, Syria, Tunisia, Twitter, UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Yemen
As a philosophy of statecraft, political Islam has proved ill-equipped for the complexities of modern government. With the...
Tags: AKP, Al Qaeda, Algeria, Egypt, Global Brief, Iran, Iranian revolution, Islamists, Katerina Dalacoura, London School of Economics, political Islam, Saudi monarchy, Sharia, terrorism
GB talks new-century politics and geopolitics – from the local to the general – with former UN Secretary-General Boutros...
Tags: Afghanistan, Africa's future, African conflicts, Arab Unity, Arab-Israeli conflict, Asian Union, Azerbaijan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Canada, Canada's future, Canada's success, Canadian nationality, diplomacy, Egypt, Egyptian elections, Egyptian politics, Ethiopia, Georgia, Global Brief, globalization, Hutu, ICJ, ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo, international affairs, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, Iraq, Jordan, Kissinger, Kosovo independence, League of Nations, Middle East Union, Mubarak, Muhammad Ali, One State Solution, Pakistan, Palestinians, secession, separatist movements, Sudan, Sunni-Shia divide, Syria, Tutsi, Two-States Solution, Uganda, UN reform, United Nations reform, water disputes, water shortages in the Middle East, Westphalia, winning states
Irreconcilable understandings of ‘the peace’ have betrayed the hollowness of saying “I’m for peace.” But time is...
Tags: 1967 borders, Afghanistan, Egypt, Flotilla, gaza, George Mitchell, Global Brief, Goldstone Report, impossible peace, Iran, Israël, Israel-Palestine, Israel-Palestinian conflict, Israelis, Oslo accord, Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinian refugees, Palestinians, peace agreement, Peace Process, Peter Jones, PLO, Syria, Turkey, US, Vice-President Biden, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin
A majestic region-wide union may well transform the strategic calculus of the sceptics and the spoilers
Victor Hugo famously...
Tags: Afghanistan, African Union, Al-Shaybani, Arab states, Asia, Avicenna, Caucasus, Central Asia, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, democracy, Economic Cooperation Organization, economic development, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, fertile crescent, geopolitical strategy, Global Brief, Hirad Abtahi, human rights, Ibn Haiyan, International Criminal Court, Iran, Israël, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Khwarazmi, League of Arab States, Mediterranean Union, Middle East, NAFTA, Organization of American States, Pakistan, peace in the Middle East, regional court for human rights, regional security, rule of law, Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road, strategic calculus, supranationalism, Treaty of Kadesh, Treaty of Paris, Turco-Persian agreements, Turkey, UN Charter, Union of South American Nations, Union: Union
What will Iran look like in 10 years?
Trita Parsi
What will Iran look like in a decade if we continue to put the nuclear...
Tags: 1979 Revolution, Ahmadinejad, Alidad Mafinezam, and How to Win A Cosmic War, China, Global Brief, Green Movement, Iran, Iranian civilization, Iranian democracy, Israel and the United States, June 2009 elections, liberty, military dictatorship, No God but God, Persian Constitutional Revolution, Peter Jones, political reform, Revolutionary Guard, Reza Aslan, rule of law, Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, Shah, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Trita Parsi
Political tugs of war, tireless lobbying efforts, a barrage of op-ed pieces vying for public opinion support, not to mention...
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