CNN Middle East News- 'Your days are numbered,' U.S. official tells al-AssadAs violence raged in Syria, U.S. officials made clear Tuesday that the United States has lost patience with President Bashar al-Assad. […]
- Yemeni VP announces he'll run for presidentYemeni Vice President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi kicked off his presidential campaign Tuesday, announcing he will run in the February 21 election. […]
- On the ground in Syria: 'For God's sake, this is too much'A low-slung skyline. A slate gray sky. Rumbling. Close your eyes. It could be the sound of rolling thunder. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- State media: Iran is ready to ban oil exports to EuropeIranian lawmakers appeared ready to impose a ban on oil exports to Europe in retaliation for sanctions put in place by the European Union and the United States in January, state media reported Tuesday. […]
- 'Your days are numbered,' U.S. official tells al-Assad
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Middle East Post to cover the FPC Foreign Reporting Tour in the United States of America
Next Week 12-18 June 2011, a tour will be held by the American Department of State about Blogging for Social and Political Change. The Tour aims to explore[singlepic id=546 w=320 h=240 float=right] how the U.S government advances foreign policy positions on the web and how strategy is implemented. The tour will take place at Washington DC and Minneapolis.
Senior and Mid-Level bloggers and Journalists from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Armenia, Germany, Portugal, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Yemen, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Palestine will take part in the tour and report about what they explore
Goldstone, Israel’s Fantasy World and Israeli Settlers
It seems that the Israeli community is still going towards the right. Actually the Israeli rightists are not like any other rightists known through the world. The [singlepic id=514 w=320 h=240 float=right] Israeli right and extreme parties live in a world of their own; their Fantasy world where they legislate what they want, deny what they want and believe what they want.
There are many Israelis if not the majority that are living in this world nowadays. Those who join the formers in this world justify their decision by saying that they need someone strong and extreme to make them the best deal that can be made with Palestinians. In this world you see people who are completely
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.
Lessons in Leadership XXIX – Our World and their World
Happiness is something which most of us want to feel. Some know how to feel it, others convince themselves that they are living it and others cannot find any [singlepic id=178 w=310 h=230 float=right] way to reach it.
The real problem is in finding the real meaning of happiness. Happiness and other emotions we feel are all gained and understood through those who teach us and stand around us. Time and place affect on the way we understand these emotions. In our days the meaning of happiness have changed and the ways we are given to choose from does not really help in reaching real happiness.
‘Engaging the Muslim World’ – A Book Review
In the following article Gitanjali Bakshi attempts to dissect popular blogger Juan Cole’s most recent book, ‘Engaging the Muslim World’ and suggests [singlepic id=167 w=320 h=240 float=right] potential future scenarios – geo-political, national and demographic – based on his analysis of the Middle East and South Asia.
‘Engaging the Muslim World’ – A Book Review
One of the pivotal factors driving global politics in the post 9/11 world has been the growing rift between the West and Islamic countries. This new wave of
THE ARAB WORLD AND THE NEW UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION
TITLE – How Arab initiative with the new American administration can assure success in the Middle East peace process. [singlepic id=35 w=220 h=140 float=right]
The election victory in the United States by a relative outsider with a fresh approach and popular support has energized the Arab World into believing that perhaps United States policy towards this very complex and strategically important part of the world is about to undergo a transformation .
