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
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
Why we keep talking, talking, talking
The great 18th century French diplomat Talleyrand once said that speech was given...
Tags: Al Jazeera, communication, diplomacy, diplomat, Douglas Glover, Egypt, Global Brief, language, Marshall McLuhan, secrecy, Talleyrand, Tunisia, Wikileaks
As the ripple effects of the Tunisian revolution continue to be felt in the region, it is important to zero in on the main...
Tags: Al-Nahdha, Ben-Ali, Constitutional Democratic Rally, Ghannouchi, Global Brief, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, International Criminal Court, Jasmine Revolution, Optional Protocol to tthe Convention against Torture, Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, RCD, transition to democracy, transitional justice mechanisms, Tunisia, Tunisian democracy
