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Opinion: Soleimani’s Occupations by War, Peace or Agreements

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 28, 2016 | Opinion

Those who are familiar with how Iran’s political institutions work explain General Qassem Soleimani’s intended appearances in pictures and films shot in Arab battlefields where his militias fight, and the broadcasting of them on TV and online social networks, as part...

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Opinion: Obama – the Beginning and the End

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 16, 2016 | Opinion

Next month, the USA and the whole world will turn the page of Barack Obama’s presidency; bidding farewell to eight years whose early days were full of promise, but for tens of millions ended with sadness and disasters. Like lottery tickets, electoral democracy is...

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Opinion: Lebanon’s Long Governmental Wait

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion

Against the background of Syria’s debacle, Lebanon continues to wait for the birth of its first government (cabinet) under its new president Michel Aoun. Yet, Lebanon, long regarded by Hafez Al-Assad, and later Bashar Al-Assad, until 2011 as ‘Syria’s soft belly’,...

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Opinion: The ‘New World Dis-Order’

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 29, 2016 | Opinion

Rumors were rife during the past few days about Moscow’s attempts to influence the outcome of the forthcoming German elections. Marine LePen, the leader of France’s extremist anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant ‘National Front’ was ecstatic in commenting that now,...

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Opinion: The Trump Phenomenon

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 18, 2016 | Opinion

I have to admit that my forecast regarding the outcome of US presidential election was wrong, even though I have observed American affairs for decades, having lived under the “Western democracy” since 1978. I deluded myself into believing that human nature is capable...