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Items by Abderrahmane Amor
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From Ukraine to Palestine: The boycotting double standard
It was Putin’s recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine that paved the way for an all-out Russian invasion of a sovereign Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion, we’ve seen a united global boycott of Russian goods, events and technology. Just last week,...
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On Saudi Arabia: Biden should learn from Trump’s ultimatums
In January 2021, the US State Department declared that “Saudi Arabia is a vital US partner on a wide range of regional security issues”. But as 2021 came to a close, we learned that US intelligence agencies believe Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with...
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Bin Salman loves American culture and China’s governance model
In their book Blood and Oil, Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck reveal a side to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that loves all things American. From the popular video game Call of Duty, to Apple products, to an old-fashioned Big Mac burger from McDonald’s, he is known to...
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A Biden administration could ensure that Khashoggi’s death was not in vain
In an interview a few days after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi two years ago, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia a “wrecking ball” as a diffused congruence of evidence unfolded, all pointing to the fact that the Washington Post journalist was...
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The US should have no room for alliances with murderers
Reports that three prominent and moderate Saudi Arabian Sunni scholars held on multiple charges of “terrorism” will be executed shortly after Ramadan are startling, not because the charges are false, but more so because of US complacency towards egregious human rights abuses, along with Washington’s continued support for regimes...