London (CNN) -- On a recent visit to Indi... [Full Article Text.]
Editorial Essays from 2010.
Why Pakistan plays a double game (View on CNN.com.)
Is Pakistan Britain's friend of foe? Two leading academics analyse both sides of the story (View on The Daily Mirror .)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - The Daily Mirror
It's the question that's been asked ever since David Cameron accused Pakistan of promoting terror: Is the country our friend, or our enemy? Here, two leading academics analyse both sides of the story - and conclude that Brit... [Full Article Text.]
The Middle East at the Crossroads Part I (View on YaleGlobal.)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - YaleGlobal
Gaza protests trigger regional realignment
LONDON: The deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla bringing relief to besieged Gaza has brought the simmering crisis to a dangerous boil. One swift move deprived Israel of ... [Full Article Text.]
The Truth About Drones (View on Newsweek.)
They are inspiring homegrown terror.
Failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad says he was driven by anger over dozens of unmanned drone attacks that he witnessed during hi... [Full Article Text.]
Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East by David Hirst (View on The Guardian.)
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - The Guardian
Fawaz A Gerges on a survey of the troubles of the Middle East
Beware of Small States is a history of the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the prism of its impact on the internal development of neighbouring... [Full Article Text.]
Iraqi Elections Have Not Set Off a Democracy Contagion (View on YaleGlobal Online.)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - YaleGlobal Online
Sectarian divisions continue to haunt Iraqi politics
LONDON: The second Iraqi parliamentary elections – rare in an Arab country – proved to be a damp squib. Contrary to the expectations about how a succes... [Full Article Text.]
Iraq's delayed democracy (View on The Guardian .)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - The Guardian
Although Iraq's second parliamentary elections sinc... [Full Article Text.]
Lone wolves signal al Qaeda's weakness (View on CNN.com.)
London, England (CNN) -- The heads of major U.S. intelligence agencies told a Senate committee Tuesday that an attempted terrorist attack on the nation in coming months is "certain."
Coinciding with the first anniver... [Full Article Text.]
The Muslim Brotherhood: new leadership, old politics (View on The Guardian.)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - The Guardian
There is no better way to take the temperature of Arab politics than to examine the state of the Muslim Brotherhood, the most powerful religiously-organised opposition movement in Egypt and the Arab world. With branches in seve... [Full Article Text.]
Al Qaeda has bounced back in Yemen (View on CNN.com.)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Al Qaeda is benefiting from civil unrest and economic woes in Yemen, says Fawa... [Full Article Text.]