Regional conflicts join up in Lebanon
In recent years I and others have been warning that the growing…
How business and politics can partner for peace
I write this from Sweimeh, on the Dead Sea in Jordan, at…
Jordan and the G-11: Match their bet, call their bluff
For a small country that usually does not make much news, Jordan…
What is Caesar's and what isn't in the Arab world
It is hard to get away from a central fact of Middle…
Turkey beyond Islamism versus secularism
The tempestuous current developments in Turkey are historic in their implications for…
Why not adopt Norwegian pragmatism?
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's "hello to the Iranian foreign minister…
The Winograd report only provokes Arab disdain
A combination of vindication, disdain, and renewed concerns about Israeli militarism are…
Constructive currents flow below Middle Eastern civil society
We are often so obsessed with the problems and conflicts that define…
The US is neither feared nor respected anymore
I'm not sure if it's mere serendipity or anything more challenging, but…
On Islam and modernism: a talk with Sadiq Al-Mahdi
One of the prevalent trends that defines so much of what is…