A widening gulf with Saudi Arabia
The controversial visit to Britain by the Saudi monarch highlighted the need for a more equitable alternative to the client state model.
Read MoreThe controversial visit to Britain by the Saudi monarch highlighted the need for a more equitable alternative to the client state model.
Read MoreWith political disillusionment at an all-time high, a certain brand of hardline Middle Eastern leader is being elevated to the status of cult hero.
Read MoreThe unpolished US appearances of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s demonstrate just how bad at modern diplomacy the regime in Tehran is.
Read MoreAn ageing billionaire falls to his death in Mayfair. Vital evidence of his double life disappears. The latest Le Carré novel? No, a real life Middle Eastern spy thriller.
Read MoreLast week, I invited Arabs to come out of their trenches and explore the no-man’s-land of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Now it’s the turn of the Israelis.
Read MoreIt is time for Arabs to come out of their trenches and explore the no-man’s-land of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read MoreThe spirit of the 1960s touched the Arab world too, but, like castles made of sand, rapidly faded away.
Read MorePalestinians have not been the Middle East’s only victims. We Arabs should recall the many Jews who paid the price for the Arab-Israeli conflict and offer them, too, the right of return.
Read MoreJust as Arabs do not realise just how ‘Middle Eastern’ Israelis are, Israelis don’t realise how ‘western’ millions of Arabs are.
Read MorePrompted by the dire situation in Gaza, Spain, France and Italy have floated an unexpected Middle East peace drive. This initiative will almost certainly join other similar aborted road maps and peace plans slowly decaying in the graveyard of international diplomacy. What the EU needs to do is to organise a high-profile Madrid II conference to set in motion a ‘people’s peace process’.
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