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Opinion: Hillary Clinton – the Ideal Choice in Normal Circumstances

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 12, 2016 | Opinion

In normal circumstances, and in an established democracy like the USA, there would not have been a need to choose between the two presidential candidates. In an advanced and sophisticated institutions-based country, the presidential primaries should have been enough...

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Opinion: The Minorities in the Bigger Picture of the Levant

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 8, 2016 | Opinion

The Lebanese Parliament has elected Michel Aoun, MP, as Lebanon’s new president and has thus ended the ‘Presidential Vacuum’ brought about, since May 25th 2014, by the boycott carried out by Hezbollah and its subservient parliamentary blocs which would accept no...

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Opinion: A President ‘Made in Lebanon and Abroad’

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 2, 2016 | Opinion

A few days ago, a supposedly ‘wise’ Lebanese politician hailed the imminent end of the presidential impasse by saying “we are going to have ‘a made in Lebanon president’”! Such words are misleading as they are painful. The said politician who is well experienced in...

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Opinion: Obama’s Middle East – Fettering and Collusion

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 26, 2016 | Opinion

For President Barack Obama to enjoy around 55% support among Americans according to the latest polls, a few weeks before the election of the new president, is a very interesting phenomenon. It is interesting especially as America’s international credibility wanes and...

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Opinion: Reading into Morocco’s Successes

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion

An advice given to me by a dear late friend keeps coming to mind when I discuss politics. He said: “Beware, Eyad, of a politician who knows only politics and likes nothing but politics!” He was absolutely right; and after getting to chance to meet with politicians all...