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Tag: hegemony
The empire must not strike back
Nostalgia for empire in the Middle East misses two points: we’re not witnessing the “final end of imperialism” and imperialism did not bring order.
The death throes of Arab thuggery
Arab civilisation has not collapsed but the thuggish political, economic and religious mafias dominating the region are dying violently.
The caliphate illusion: “Restoring” what never was
The tyranny of Arab secular dictators and destructive Western hegemony combined to enable ISIS to “restore” a brutal caliphate which never existed.
The clash within civilisations
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the clash of civilizations theory, but Samuel P Huntington was wrong.
Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?
9/12: Turning over a new leaf in the Middle East
On the 10th anniversary of the day after 9/11, it is high time to trash the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory and the ‘war on terror’ and start a new chapter in the West’s relationship with the new Middle East.
Foreign hegemony or repressive self-rule?
The Arab world may debate the merits of external occupation versus repressive self-rule, but neither are acceptable.