It certainly involves more than watching a carefully staged press conference and then struggling to wrap one's mind around the very far-fetched idea of the Taliban with a new and modern mindset. Nor does the other side of the equation - Washington, (...)
Reconstruction is a term that will keep popping up in the foreseeable future in connection with recent events in the Palestinian territories, Gaza in particular. It will certainly convey a sense of hope for the Palestinians. But the few days since (...)
While regional and international powers are trying to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after ferocious battles that have claimed hundreds of lives and caused thousands of injuries, it seems the political calculations that led Hamas (...)
When any US president speaks of accomplishments made during his first 100 days at the White House, we should be circumspect. This applies to former, incumbent and future presidents. Fulfilling campaign promises is merely proof of credibility in the (...)
Escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel took a sharp turn after Israel bombed the Natanz reactor in Iran, and Tehran retaliated with a calculated surge.
On 22 April a missile was fired from an Iranian base in Syria that hit a spot near the (...)
Without commenting on Iran's accusation that Israel sabotaged the nuclear facility at Natanz on 11 April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin in Jerusalem this week that "Iran (...)
The results of the latest elections in Israel indicate that the political crisis in the country is still continuing two years on, namely that the voters and the political map are divided over the person of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (...)
In March 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was attending a conference on the occasion of the Istanbul mayoral elections. The Turkish capital is one of the strongholds of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and it is where (...)
On 24 December 2018, the right-wing coalition in Israel led by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been prime minister for nine years now, fell apart. Since that date Israel has not had a stable government. Three elections have been held, the (...)
As President Joe Biden was sworn in on 20 January, there was rampant debate in Israeli political circles about possible changes in American foreign policy. Can such changes impact Israeli interests? Two issues were deemed especially critical: (...)
Last week's storming of the Capitol building in Washington DC by protesters contesting the results of the US presidential race was indefensible, but the attempt of the Democratic Party and its supporters to take advantage of the incident to settle (...)
The recently released European Parliament report on the state of human rights in Egypt has elicited strong reactions in the regular and social media in Egypt and abroad.
Many have charged that the report is biased and disseminates misinformation, (...)
Donald Trump will leave the White House without achieving his slogan during the 2016 presidential campaign: “Make America Great Again” (MAGA). Joe Biden will enter the White House with the slogan: Make America United Again. Biden will likely leave (...)
Only a handful of Republicans openly expressed their disdain for outgoing US President Donald Trump and hoped their party will recover from his tenure in the name of Republicans. However, the majority of Republican members of Congress, according to (...)
While President Donald Trump continues his court battles with President-elect (according to unofficial results) Joe Biden to prevent the latter from taking the oath of office in January, Biden stated with confidence that he does not care about (...)
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) held in power in Ethiopia for nearly 30 years since it led the overthrow of the military dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. After TPLF leader Meles Zenawi assumed the premiership, he and his (...)
After the official announcement of Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential race, analysts and commentators in many Middle East countries focused on the question of the likely nature of the new administration's foreign policy in the region. Will (...)
As much as the results of the US elections are important to Americans, they are also important for many countries that have benefited or lost due to President Donald Trump's foreign policies
In the Middle East, especially, many are eagerly awaiting (...)
In just a few days, the results of the US presidential and congressional elections will be revealed. The gap between Trump and Biden in opinion polls is not as big as it was when Trump was running against Hillary Clinton. Opinion polls in 2016 (...)
“Could you imagine if I lose? My whole life, what am I gonna do? I'm gonna say I lost to the worst candidate in the history of politics. I'm not gonna feel so good. Maybe I'll have to leave the country, I don't know.”
This is what Trump said at a (...)
While recently released Hillary Clinton e-mails triggered uproar across Arab social media because of their revelations about the Barak Obama administration's role in manufacturing the “Arab Spring”, their impact in the US seems quite muted. This is (...)
In Libya, which is customarily treated one-dimensionally as a case of sharp polarisation between the eastern and western parts of the country (a reductionism that is perhaps intentional on the part of some stakeholders), the south has reared its (...)
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives held a hearing on Wednesday 9 September entitled “Egypt: Trends in politics, economics, and human rights,” with the notice of the time and website for the meeting being posted only a (...)
Current tensions caused by Turkey's actions in the Middle East could spur a major regional war, especially in light of recent clashes between Turkey and Greece, using navy fleets and air missiles. Also, due to Turkey's attempts to take control of (...)
In the US, the position of vice president is essentially a symbolic one that only becomes important on a few occasions, such as when the president is suddenly taken ill, or if the president dies unexpectedly, or if the president is impeached or (...)