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January 23, 2014

Egypt: a state within a state

As the military swept back into the public spotlight to overthrow Morsi last Wednesday, I’m sure Hosni Mubarak was rubbing his hands together with glee. After all, he’d long...

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January 23, 2014

One man’s revolution is another’s military coup

A recent interview on RT news channel broadcast former head of the Arab League and prominent opposition member Amr Moussa pointing out that democracy is not just down to...

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January 23, 2014

Gaza after the military return in Egypt

When the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt in 2011, it was widely viewed as a huge boost for Hamas, the party in power in Gaza. The Brotherhood...

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January 23, 2014

Israel deems EU guidelines ‘external dictates’

The EU’s preliminary shift in foreign policy regarding Israel has ignited a furore, with scathing statements accentuating contempt, defiance and a degree of apprehension. As binding directives to member...

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January 23, 2014

What are negotiations for?

You can’t fault John Kerry for trying. The US secretary of state has just completed his sixth visit in four months to the Middle East, attempting to restart face-to-face...

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January 23, 2014

Disrupting Tunisia’s democratic transition

Tunisia was the country that kick-started the Arab Spring in 2011, after a wave of mass protests led to long-time dictator President Zine el Abidine Ben-Ali standing down. As...

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January 23, 2014

Israel’s reaction to the latest UN Security Council debate

Israel regaled the UN Security Council with yet another regurgitated exercise in rhetoric, as the recent developments regarding the alleged peace process were debated, shedding light upon a process...

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January 23, 2014

Shades of Egyptian liberals

When the Egyptian revolution ousted Hosni Mubarak, we saw three groups of Egyptian liberals. The first is the one which immediately turned 180 degrees and begun to praise Mubarak’s...

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January 23, 2014

Netanyahu’s settlement compromise leads to talks with illusory objective

As the peace talks continue, within improbable absolutes such as a nine month timeframe in which a “final status deal” is expected to be reached, Maariv newspaper reported Netanyahu’s...

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January 23, 2014

The coup and the Muslim world

The Muslim world stands at a crossroads after the coup which not only targeted democracy and its institutions but also the organisations which monitored and declared Egypt’s elections to...

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