Posts Tagged: Arab Spring
Sustainable Economic Development: Central To The Durability Of Political Reforms In Arab States
There is a pressing need in the Arab states, especially the countries with nascent democratic restructuring such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, to...
Is Israel the Winner of the Arab Spring?
Israelis understandably feel imperiled by the misnamed "Arab Spring." Their country's three-decade peace treaty with Egypt is under assault, its strategic alliance with...
Premature Elections Invite Political Instability
Although elections and political reforms are needed in the wake of the Arab Spring, premature elections could usher in a period of continued...
So Far “Arab Spring” Delivers Mostly Misery
A year and a half into the so-called and misnamed "Arab Spring," it may be time to take stock of the wave of uprisings that...
Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring
Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world. Consider the issue of the...
Preventing Sunni-Shiite Schism From Hijacking The Arab Spring
In April of this year, I wrote that the upheaval in Syria (the Sunni majority revolt against the Alawite-dominated regime) has turned into a battleground between...
Islamists March on in Egypt, With Western Blessing
I know, I know. It is shocking. After numerous pledges not to seek Egyptian presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood has fielded a candidate and is geared...
In Egypt, the Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost
The chickens are coming home to roost in the Middle East. The experts who supported the removal of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt,...
Zeev Jabotinsky’s Answer to Hypocrisy
Hypocrites have always driven me crazy, those who put on false appearances of virtue and turn out not to be what they say...
INTERVIEW: Natan Sharansky on Funding, Identity Building, and Democracy
After spending nine years in the Soviet Gulag, Natan Sharansky learned not to get too caught up in current events. "You have to look at [the...
Israel, the “Arab Spring,” and the Wishful Thinkers
When it comes to Israel, advice is never in short supply. It's doled out steadily by diplomats, scholars, editorial writers, columnists, you name it. The onset of...
Syrian Opposition Cleric Asks Israel for Medical Help (VIDEO)
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad continue to kill hundreds of people in it's attempt to crush a popular uprising aimed at toppling his...
Russia’s Self-Marginalization
Russia's foreign policy doctrine appears to be based on rejecting every policy initiative that the United States and the European Union take and ...
How Syria’s Ruling Apparatus Became Its Albatross
It was strongly suggested by close top officials in the Syrian government that I spoke with more than a decade ago that when Syria's...
