CNN Middle East News- U.N. Security Council to meet on SyriaThe U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Saturday and may vote on a draft resolution intended to pressure Syria to end its months-long crackdown on anti-government demonstrators, diplomats said. […]
- Samsung said it didn't make ad that angered IraniansSenior Iranian lawmakers are considering a boycott of Samsung, the South Korean electronics and appliance manufacturer, because of a controversial Israeli ad that pokes fun at the nuclear crisis, state-run Press TV of Iran said Friday. […]
- Iran's leader: War would be detrimental to U.S.The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States -- and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts "cancerous" Israel. […]
- Bold, exhilarating stands for freedom inside SyriaAbu Marwan jumps into the back of the small white van. He and his friend, Abu Omar, are heading to a grass-roots demonstration in the Syrian capital to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad. […]
- Film director shares sights and sounds of Beirut's 'Little Armenia'Film director Nigol Bezjian was born in Syria, raised in Lebanon and studied in the United States, but nowhere does he feel more at home than in Little Armenia. […]
- U.N. Security Council to meet on Syria
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Ground Breaking Report Measures Cost of Conflict in the Middle East.
The opportunity cost of conflicts in the Middle East since 1991 is 12 trillion dollars, says a new research report on the Cost of Conflict in the Middle East by Strategic Foresight Group, a leading Asian think-tank.
For the first time in 60 years, the report presents a comprehensive assessment of costs of various conflicts in the Middle East on 97 different parameters- from the social to psychological and economic to environmental. Supported by the Governments of Switzerland and Norway, the AK Party of Turkey and Qatar Foundation, the Strategic Foresight Group involved over 50 leading experts and leaders from the region to gather input for the report.
The First Achievement that President Obama brought for America
In International Relations theories and glossary, one can find a term called “Soft Power”. This term means the ability of one state to affect politically another’s behavior or interests through ideological or culture means. In other words this kind of power means to achieve what is needed for the interest of one state through others policy or interests peacefully; spreading a culture or an ideology that attracts the other side to follow and join the policy of the leading state.
باراك اوباما هل سيتجه عكس التيار
بعد ما أدى الرئيس الامريكي باراك اوباما القسم وتنصب كرئيس رسمي للولايات المتحدة الامريكية , يجد نفسه وللوهلة الاولى قد دخل على ساحة مليئة بالاحداث والصراعات والمتاعب فما الذي سيستطيع اوباما تحقيقه في فترة ولايته امام عدد هائل من الازمات فعلى الصعيد الداخلي تواجه امريكا ازمة اقتصادية في ظل الازمة التي واجهت العالم في نهاية العام 2008 ومن الجدير بالذكر ان امريكا كانت اكثر دولة تاثرت من هذه الازمة
