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By Rami G. Khouri - Apr 19,2018
The tripartite Anglo-American-French missile strikes against targets in Syria that aimed to punish the Syrian government and deter it from using chemical weapons should briefly stop the use of these barbaric instruments of war, as has happened previously.
By Rami G. Khouri - Apr 05,2018
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif’s proposal for moving towards new security arrangements in the Middle East is an important gesture that should be read in two contrasting ways, for it faithfully reflects the Arab region’s double perception of Iran as a noble friend,
By Rami G. Khouri - Feb 01,2018
For most of the past two centuries, Egypt has been the epicentre, litmus test, proving ground, and mother of cultural and political trends across the Arab region — so we should all be worried by the events of the past month that systematically throttled, indicted, intimated, deta
By Rami G. Khouri - Jan 25,2018
The start of another calendar year brings with it the opportunity to look back and look ahead to try to understand the trends that define our Arab region.
By Rami G. Khouri - Jan 18,2018
The crushing irony for Palestinians today is that their cause remains widely supported by over 120 governments and billions of ordinary men and women around the world, yet the Palestinian leadership is a case study in hapless incompetence that verges on national shame.
By Rami G. Khouri - Jan 11,2018
Of the many fascinating reports in Michael Wolff’s "Fire and Fury" book on the Donald Trump White House, perhaps most troubling for Americans and for the world were the new insights into how the United States today shapes its Middle East policies.
By Rami G. Khouri - Dec 14,2017
Does it make any difference that the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) unanimously declared a few days ago that Arab East Jerusalem is the occupied capital of a Palestinian state, in response to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem
By Rami G. Khouri - Dec 07,2017
For all its drama, controversy, and importance, the expected American government decision this week to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and perhaps move its embassy must be appreciated within the wider context of how Washington makes Middle East policy decisi
By Rami G. Khouri - Nov 30,2017
It has been a full century since the birth of the state system of the modern Arab world, largely at the hands of foreign powers, and anyone who wishes to keep track of its turbulent changes today must watch Syria most of all.Syria is not the most powerful country in the region, g
By Rami G. Khouri - Nov 02,2017
The United States and many Arab governments are looking at the really big challenges they face in our region — and then simply leapfrogging them and venturing into make-believe new worlds where everything is easy, clean and modern.In Arab countries, this trend is primarily repres

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