The inferiority complex at the heart of white supremacy
For an ideology which claims to stand at the pinnacle of humanity, white supremacy exhibits a paranoid sense of inferiority and persecution.
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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.
Read moreThe death throes of Arab thuggery
Arab civilisation has not collapsed but the thuggish political, economic and religious mafias dominating the region are dying violently.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe clash within civilisations
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the clash of civilizations theory, but Samuel P Huntington was wrong.
Read moreShould 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?
Read more9/12: 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.
Read moreForeign hegemony or repressive self-rule?
The Arab world may debate the merits of external occupation versus repressive self-rule, but neither are acceptable.
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