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Soccer highlights domestic drivers in Saudi-Iranian dispute

Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that…

James Dorsey James Dorsey

Celebrating ten years of exceptional rule

The day 4 January 2016 marks the tenth anniversary of HH Sheikh…

Khalaf Al Habtoor Khalaf Al Habtoor

The transformation to a more sustainable and just world begins now

 Ask anyone for their abiding memory of 2015 and they will most…

Mogens Lykketoft Mogens Lykketoft

Russia is officially in the region: A new order has just begun

Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising, Russia has limited itself to…

Fadi Elhusseini Fadi Elhusseini

The QIZ: A Faustian Deal

Egypt and Israel signed the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) 11 years ago,…

Hussein Abd Rabo Hussein Abd Rabo

To those who rule Egypt

What did the rulers of Egypt want after the land became theirs…

Emad El-Sayed Emad El-Sayed

Opinion: Putin’s ‘Syria card’ in the Ukraine conflict

Russia's power in the Syria conflict has been overestimated. The danger Moscow…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle

Japan’s decision to compensate wartime Korean sex workers welcome, if also too late for thousands

The Japanese government recently agreed to pay $8.7m to dozens of Korean…

Cesar Chelala Cesar Chelala

Whatever happened to social movements?

Three weeks from now, the fifth anniversary of the January revolution will…

Ziad A. Akl Ziad A. Akl

Fourth generation warfare: Media as a weapon, and Egypt as battlefield

By Charl Fouad El-Masry The term fourth generation warfare has been circulating…

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