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Was it really a slip of tongue?

  • So, the United States has postponed its military action against Syria. At least this is what the entire world has been made to believe. These matters, however, are not as simple as they appear to the common man. Isn’t that strange that US Secretary of State John Kerry’s oops moment made the day...
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Egypt: The futility of foreign intervention

  • Given the manner in which various so-called religious movements like the Muslim Brotherhood operate and foment political and social unrest across the Muslim world, we have all the reasons to believe they do so at the behest of some foreign powers. These foreign powers use such movements for their...
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Ford: Troubleshooter or troublemaker?

  • The appointment of Robert Ford as the new American ambassador to Cairo has aroused my curiosity as to what role he has been assigned. During the period 1988-1992, Ford served as cultural and press attaché in Egypt and he enjoyed good rapport with the Egyptian cultural and media sectors.Needless...
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Will Turkey rethink its Mideast foreign policy?

  • Last year I was in Istanbul to visit a number of centers for strategic studies. I had previously studied at a Turkish university and had gone with a friend — a German with Turkish roots — to the global city of Turkish Sufism and Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi.So I’m quite familiar with Turkey and its...
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Will Egypt descend into anarchy?

  • The situation in strife-torn Egypt, according to intelligence inputs, is headed toward mayhem with an imminent confrontation between the Muslim Brotherhood and the army. There are also indications that the Muslim Brotherhood has more or less decided to take the army head on despite the fact that...
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Why did Brotherhood fail?

  • It seems as though the Muslim Brotherhood is still living in the 1960s....
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Hassan Rowhani: A ‘moderate’ face

  • I once met him in Tehran when he was in charge of the Iranian national security. He was previously director of the Center for Strategic Studies in Tehran. Of course, these bodies in revolutionary countries mean nothing other than diplomatic cover for security institutions. Rowhani was a calm and...
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Wise move can defuse tension in Turkey

  • Najm Eddin, a Turkish young man, sent me a letter saying that my last article on the downfall of ideology was tough on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He felt uneasy about my comparison of Erdogan and Khamenei....
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Al-Qusayr: Assad’s last stand

  • Al-qusayr city has come to form the strategic tipping point in the ongoing struggle between the Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah on the one hand and the opposition on the other hand. Al-Qusayr, which is located some 35 km from the city of Homs is seen as a key source of threat to Homs....
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Rafsanjani bid for Iran’s presidency elicits hope

  • Persians are known for their patience, a quality that has rigorously been cultivated through the centuries-old art of rug making. Not only does rug making demand patience but also unconsciously teaches the importance of mediation....
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