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.
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.
If we suspend scepticism and take up Barack Obama’s invitation to dream of change, what Middle East can the audacity of hope help to forge?
بقلـم خالد دياب كان أحد شعارات حملة باراك أوباما الناجحة “تغيير نستطيع أن نؤمن به”. ومع توليه الرئاسة، تغير كل شيء، إلا أن شيئاً لم يتغير بالنسبة لسياسة الولايات المتحدة الخارجية تجاه النزاع الإسرائيلي الفلسطيني. قدم أوباما، مقارنة بسلفه، تحولاً كبيراً في لغة السياسة الخارجية، حيث تعهد الاعتماد بصورة أقل على التدخل العسكري وبصورة...
By Khaled Diab One of Barack Obama’s winning campaign slogans was “change we can believe in”. And with his presidency, everything has changed and nothing has changed when it comes to US foreign policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Compared with his predecessor, Obama has already delivered a substantive rhetorical shift in US foreign policy,...
Obama may gain some trust, but America's deceptive belief that it is not an empire condemns its leader to repeating old mistakes.