CNN Middle East News- Suicide blast kills Yemeni troopsA suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform set off a blast that killed more than 100 soldiers, authorities said, in what appears to be the deadliest attack ever on troops in Yemen. […]
- Syria troubles spill into LebanonThe impact of Syria's troubles have spread to Lebanon. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Beirut. […]
- Soldiers shoot anti-Assad clerics in LebanonThe international community called for restraint Monday after deadly clashes were triggered in Beirut by the deaths of two religious clerics, both of whom were opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. […]
- NATO shuns intervention in SyriaThe U.S. ambassador to NATO says the alliance has no plans for military intervention in the Syrian crisis, as reports of deaths mount by the dozens and diplomatic efforts have yet to stymie the bloodshed. […]
- Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalizedFormer Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said. […]
- Suicide blast kills Yemeni troops
Category Archives: International Concerns
Experts Who Aren’t Always Expert
In the prehistoric age, circa 1990, if you wanted to form an opinion about a complicated subject you likely grabbed the encyclopedia, went to a library or [singlepic id=430 w=320 h=240 float=right]bought a book. Or maybe you just made stuff up — the uncheckable fact thing.
Even in the internet age, we can be, well, inventive. Remember Colin Powell using the detailed (and neatly labeled) satellite pictures to carefully explain Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction/chemical weapons program? Forming opinions and influence peddling are definitely much easier if the only “facts”
Shifting Tectonics: Non-democratic Regimes on the Brink of Collapse
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It has always been posited that authoritarian regimes in the Middle East (two of which have already collapsed) were invulnerable to change; a number of scholars (like Paul Brooker in his book Non-democratic Regimes, Cf. Brooker, Paul. Non-Democratic Regimes. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)) in the past had assumed that those authoritarian regimes had at their disposal certain measures that were unavailable to other non-democratic regimes present at the time and made them much more stable.
An American Veto, an ongoing Israeli occupation and A State of Revolt in the Arab World
The American Veto in the last vote on the Arab demand to condemn the building of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank showed how [singlepic id=487 w=320 h=240 float=right]difficult it is to reach a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority stated immediately after the American Veto that it will re-consider the whole peace process and whether it is realistic to say that a peace resolution can be achieved with the current Israeli leadership.
The Palestinians criticized the American decision to vote against the settlements draft resolution that could have embarrassed Israel and obliged it to stop its
Co-Founder of MEP Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad about the Egyptian Revolution
Co-Founder of Middle East Post, Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad talking about the Egyptian Revolution on the BBC World Have your say
What’s Next For Egypt, Israel and America? By Jeff Pozmantier
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The original column on “What’s next for Egypt and Israel” appears below these updates. I left that column as is because it is about the only thing related to Egypt’s revolution that will remain “as is.”
What comes next as we move from Revolution Day 19 to the post-Mubarak era is not known or knowable. We can hope that democracy takes root. We can hope that the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic umbrella group with both dangerous and moderate tentacles. does exactly what it says and fulfills its promise not to participate in the next election. We can hope the Muslim Brotherhood becomes part of the Egyptian fabric instead of insisting on its own religious
The Egyptian uprising – implications for regional stability: the US, Iran and Israel
The popular uprising in Egypt will have far reaching consequences for many years to follow. Regardless of the domestic implications of the uprising, the[singlepic id=482 w=320 h=240 float=right] impending regime change will have a profound impact on Middle Eastern geopolitical stability. The region is due to enter a period of volatility and increasing chances for eruption of violence. This argument is based on the following assumptions.
First, neither President Mubarak, his son, nor any other political figure affiliated with his corrupt regime will remain in power. Second, the next President or ruling party will be chosen democratically, or at the very least will be more representative of the political aspirations of the people. The majority of Egyptians
