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- “Peace for our time,” declared British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain following the Munich Agreement of September 1938. Subsequent to successive acts of aggression by Germany with the remilitarization of the Rhineland, the Spanish civil war and the annexation of Austria, world powers met...
- It has been increasingly clear since US President Donald Trump took power that his term will test the durability and integrity of US institutions. Some had expected that the ranting braggart of a candidate would be transformed into a statesman. However, as protesters took to the streets across ...
- This week the World Government Summit took place in Dubai attracting considerable global interest. Though not immediately associated with excitement and anticipation, trends in government are receiving considerable attention. By 2020, 60 percent of the world’s population will be living in citie...
- The mustache is now white, the hair gray — Bashar Assad is showing the stress of waging a war against innocents that has lasted six years. Despite the fact that 1,300 tons of gas were removed from Syria in 2014, chemical attacks have persisted as a recurring footnote of the conflict. With hundr...
- Not one Arab university features in any list of the Top 200 universities worldwide, a fact that is hugely illustrative of the state of education and learning in the region. This is especially appalling given that the region is home to the oldest university in the world in Fez, Morocco. Given ...
- French President Emmanuel Macron’s start-up party En Marche! (“On The Move”) has one last hurdle — Parliament. Legislative elections taking place on June 11 and 18 are crucial for the president to be able to thrust legislation through the National Assembly. An exciting yet risky moment for th...
- I had hesitated about writing this column after the bomb attack in Manchester, trusting that such an incident would not be repeated. However, following Saturday night’s events in London, I feel compelled to take pen to paper. London and Europe are in the teeth of a homegrown terrorist problem...
- The obituaries of renowned intellectual Edward Said, King Hussein of Jordan, Hollywood actor Omar Sharif and the illustrious Adnan Khashoggi share a common detail: They all attended Victoria College in Alexandria. These figures, all leaders and pioneers in their own fields, are part of a long l...
- It is said that history is written by victors. In that case, it seems it is increasingly destroyed by losers. On Wednesday, the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul was reduced to rubble by Daesh militants as the Iraqi military came within 50 yards of the building. The 900-year-old structure was an...
- It is the business of the counterfactual historian to yearn for the former Ottoman Empire when reflecting on the recent incessant regional instability. However, the fact that the empire was in free fall from 1798 onward makes a mockery of this view. Nevertheless, from Libya to Yemen, and Syria ...
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