Egypt remains the key
Mohamed Morsi’s election as Egypt’s first freely elected President with 51.73 % of the vote, called a ‘historic moment’ by the British Foreign Secretary Hague and a ‘milestone’ by the White House, was...
View ArticleDeconstructing the Muslim Brotherhood manifesto
On 24th June Mohammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was finally anointed the elected President of Egypt. His installation came after almost a week of suspense during which the country teetered on the...
View ArticleIran, Israel and the Birth of New Alliances
120 nations of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) are at a crossroads in their 16th Summit in Tehran this week where the longer term impacts of the Second Arab Awakening (the Arab Spring) are likely to...
View ArticleNetanyahu wins a Pyrrhic victory
On the face of it, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a perfect hit by launching the assault on Gaza. The score sheet for the weeklong operation codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense”...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas: Only an intermission
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – brokered by Egypt and assisted by the U.S. – has not been not signed by either side; it is only what diplomats call a “non-paper.” Egypt is the “sponsor” to...
View ArticleIran-Egypt: Old foes, new competitors
The recent outburst of violence in Gaza diverted the Western media’s attention from Syria. But Iran, the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s closest regional ally, has remained focused on Syria. Iran...
View ArticleEgypt speaks to an international audience
The unfolding story of Egypt poses a challenge to the meaning of Democracy. As far as the international community is concerned, it seems that the ballot box is the only criterion overlooking the nature...
View ArticleThe chess game in Egypt
On 22 December 2012, the president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, got approval through a referendum for a much-contested altered Constitution. Will this prove to be Pyrrhic victory, won at too high a cost?...
View ArticleEgypt: What next?
Cairo – Regardless of whether 3 July was a revolution or a coup d’état against Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi, the scene of millions of Egyptians taking to streets on 30...
View ArticleAnd now, a message from our (Saudi) sponsors
There he is, Egypt’s new pharaoh, Pinochet Sisi, in full regalia/glory. Subtitles are superfluous. This is General Abdel Fattel al-Sisi’s Oscar moment. He’s thanking his sponsors/producers. When he...
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