Introduction: Samir Amin’s Enduring Marxist Lens on the Arab Revolutions It was 2011 when Cairo erupted in a cry that had been building for decades. […]
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Gaza’s Fragile Ceasefire is a Test of U.S. Leadership
It was meant to be the beginning of calm after one of the most devastating wars Gaza has ever seen. On October 9, U.S. President […]
The Qatar Strike and the Illusions of Gulf Security
It is often said that the only predictability about the Middle East’s geopolitics is its unpredictability, and yet what has remained remarkably consistent is the […]
The Forgetting of Being: Ibtisam Azem and the Lived World of Palestine
In his seminal non-fiction The Art of the Novel, Milan Kundera highlights Edmund Husserl’s expounding of ‘Crisis of European Humanity’, holding that it was for […]
China’s Quiet Game in the Iran-Israel Conflict
Summary: China’s muted role in the Iran-Israel conflict reveals its careful balancing act between strategic neutrality and deep regional interests. Despite strong ties with Iran, […]
From Haram to Deterrence: How the Israel-US Aggression May Have Reversed Iran’s Nuclear Policy
For decades, Iran insisted it did not seek nuclear weapons. In 2003, the country’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued an oral fatwa (religious […]
From Cold Peace to Cold Crisis: Egypt, Israel, and the Philadelphi Corridor
Dr Syed Mohammad Raghib Since Israel’s war on Gaza following the October 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Palestinian Hamas Movement, Egypt-Israel fragile status quo, established […]
Israel-Hamas War and the Disinformation Fog
On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched surprise attacks across the Gaza border into Southern Israel. The sheer magnitude of these attacks […]