Over the last week, reports from the ground level and from those that have fled Syria* for safe havens have been coming through, sharing a lot of information about where they are, what is going on in Damascus and in… Read More ›
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Sudans conflict with South Sudan cuts both ways
Sudans conflict with South Sudan cuts both ways. I wish I did not have to make this observation but the next generation of Africa’s wars will be serious in that they address deeply entrenched divisions between nations and neighbors. Some… Read More ›
The Future of Social and Political Science University Studies: Time to Operationalize Academia
Last Fall, I visited a number of Political Science departments in Universities around New York looking for an appropriate place to commence my PHD studies. This comes after 16 years of international political science and international diplomacy work in a… Read More ›
Economic Realities Force the Muslim Brotherhood to Toe Pro-US-Israel Line
I have been visiting Egypt for about 20 years. The penultimate time I was there was for pleasure in December 2010, a few weeks before the Arab Spring hit the land of the Spinx. Now, almost exactly a year after… Read More ›
Broadening Middle East Conflict: Collapse of Syrian Alawite Government Triggers Concerns in Golan Heights
Yesterday’s New York Times had an interesting article that substantiates what I wrote in previous posts on the situation in Sinai and Golan Heights as regards regional space between Egypt, Syria and Israel. See It is only a matter of… Read More ›
Violence in Egypt: Clash of people and strategic interest?
This week has been punctuated by the depressing news about the violent crackdown by the security forces on Egypt’s people, wounding several women but definitely stepping over the line of civil order! Women were injured and culprits caught on camera…. Read More ›
