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"Hamas in power"

by Shlomo Avineri

7 February 2006

The victory of Hamas fundamentalists will have unprecedented consequences for the region, but since now, two elements are discerned. Hamas’s victory is an evidence of the incapacity of the traditional Palestinian leadership to form a political body. The Palestinian Authority, which has enjoyed (…)

“Will Russia control Europe thanks to oil?”

by Alexander Etkind

2 February 2006

Taking into account the kind of car you have is not important, because every time you fill up the tank you’re paying for the equivalent of what a Russian teacher makes a month. You’re also contributing to finance an archaic, inefficient and evil regimen. Russia began its G8 presidency by (…)

“Economic imperialism in Russia”

by Frederick Starr, Vladimer Papava

2 February 2006

Russia’s use of gas to exert pressures upon Ukraine has provoked concern in the West. However, pressures upon Georgia are even stronger although less noticed. In Georgia, as well as in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants to apply the doctrine of the liberal empire formulated by Anatoli Chubais, (…)

“Can the “Prince” lead Israel?”

by David Ignatius

1 February 2006

Ehud Olmert has the reputation of being the prince of Israel’s policy, a privileged son of an important family who lacks the military experience of the generations that founded Israel. This irritates the Israelis a great deal, but regarding issues like the withdrawal from Gaza last year, the (…)

“An open letter to Ehud Olmert”

by Daoud Kuttab

1 February 2006

Dear Mr. Olmert, I am writing with the hope that you would take some time of your busy agenda as acting Prime Minister of Israel to listen to the hopes of a Palestinian. Despite the conditions you have faced to assume power as Prime Minister, I believe that you have the opportunity to (…)

“There’s Arab public opinion, just ask the dictators”

by Zvi Bar’el

19 January 2006

This year, El Cairo International Film Festival was not very successful for the public was much more interested in the legislative elections. This means that changes are taking place in the country. In fact, we’re witnessing a transformation of the Arab world: the emergence of an autonomous (…)

“Palestinian secular humanists: Unite!”

by Ziad Asali

19 January 2006

Political culture in Palestine and the Arab world last century was marked by the unifying principle of Arab nationalism, describing itself as anti-Western, anti-Imperialist and Islamic based on a rather cultural than religious point of view. Halfway through the XX Century, it also became (…)

“Something rotten in the state of Denmark”

by Zubair Butt Hussain

19 January 2006

Since last September, the Danish society has been immersed in a hot debate due to a number of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed. The drawings, however, are the result of the intimidation that some artists feel about Islam, considered a threat to freedom of speech. During the debate, quite a (…)

“Fanatical: one percent in Islam”

by Mohammad Habash

19 January 2006

In the Middle East, conservative Islam reflects a fundamental reality of Muslim society, but it should not be mistaken for violent radicalism as the United States does, unfortunately. Violence and terrorism abound in the region but not because conservatism is quite common. The Centre for Islamic (…)

“The terrorism debate should not divide East and West”

by Thomas R. Pickering

19 January 2006

It’s not necessary to be a genius to know that Islam awakens the interest of the West. This issue has become a burning theme. The first source of concern has to do with terrorism or, better to say, with the link between Islamic fundamentalism and the use of terrorist tactics. In this debate, (…)

“Is Iran’s Ahmadinejad a Messianic Medium?”

by Kenneth R. Timmerman

15 January 2006

At a time when negotiations with Iran are again in decline, it becomes essential to fully understand Mahmud Ahmadinejad. After his address to the UN General Assembly, he said that day had been lit up by a divine light and that world leaders had had to listen to the Islamic Republic’s message. (…)

“The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in favour of dialogue and action”

by José Manuel Durao Barroso

14 December 2005

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was created according to the logic of evolution and not revolution. Quietly, it has had enviable success and has developed itself. In the current international context, the partnership is essential to face the instability of some countries and the declining (…)

“From Amir Peretz, a possible ray of Palestinian hope”

by Saleh Abdul Jawad

1 December 2005

With Yasser Arafat’s death, the Palestinians experienced a moderate feeling, a mixture of fear of the unknown, the pain for the loss of a paternal figure and the hope of change. This feeling explains reactions with regard to changes in the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. However, since (…)

“Sharon’s centrism the likely winner in Israel’s shake-up”

by Barry Rubin

1 December 2005

Due to the realignment of Israeli politicians and parties, Israel’s political life will suffer the most extraordinary change in the last 30 years. To understand what the consequences for the future of Israel, the region and the Israeli-Arab relations will be, is important. The Israeli (…)

“The promises of the Iraqi Constitution”

by Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi

14 November 2005

The constitutional process implemented in Iraq has brought hope to the Iraqis for this is the first text whose draft has been supervised by an elected assembly and, and whatever the result of the referendum, what matters is this occurrence of democratic debate. The efforts made by the (…)

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