by Manuel Almeida | Jun 30, 2014 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the radical Sunni militant group that has taken control of large swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory, is laying bare the potency of extremism and its territorial ambitions. But the...
by Manuel Almeida | Jun 17, 2014 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Beyond its terrible human and material cost, the Syrian conflict has exposed and exacerbated some of the Middle East’s deepest political fault lines. Outside of Syria itself, the crisis has been defined by stark differences among regional and...
by Manuel Almeida | Apr 3, 2014 | Features
Sana’a and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—South Yemen’s old city of Aden lies in the crater of an inactive volcano on the southeastern side of the Aden peninsula. On the peninsula is one of the world’s largest natural harbors, with deep, crystal-clear waters. The potential...
by Manuel Almeida | Apr 2, 2014 | Opinion
The topic of the moment is still the ongoing tensions triggered by Russia’s unilateral annexation of Crimea following a hastily arranged referendum conducted under the close watch of pro-Russian militias. That crisis has diverted attention from the fact that the...
by Manuel Almeida | Mar 25, 2014 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Arab uprisings, which were long in the making but caught everyone by surprise, are now in their fourth year. It remains as difficult today as it was four years ago to reach conclusions about developments that have brought both hope and...
