by Radwan Elsayed | Jan 9, 2012 | Opinion
Pessimism has prevailed over those monitoring Syria’s revolution from the outside over the past few days, for two reasons: Firstly, the failure of the Arab observers who entered Syria to persuade the Syrian authorities to stop the ongoing bloodbath. Secondly,...
by Radwan Elsayed | Jul 5, 2010 | Opinion
The thesis of political economics or the direct impact of economics on politics is very old. It dates back to Ibn Khaldun [14th century Muslim economic philosopher] and Adam Smith. It was given this name by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels but became an axiom only after...
by Radwan Elsayed | Jun 8, 2010 | Opinion
The New York Times recently published a report about what it considered to be a new plan by General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command, to halt the spread of Al-Qaeda and destroy it in the Horn of Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, and...
by Radwan Elsayed | Apr 20, 2008 | Opinion
This is the greatest initiative by Saudi Monarch King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. His call for interfaith dialog comes at a time when the societies and countries are living through a moment of stumbling and confusion to the extent that shocking pronouncements, such as...
by Radwan Elsayed | Aug 14, 2006 | Opinion
According to prominent British historian Eric Hobsbawm, it is a mistake to ignore history but an even bigger mistake to think that history repeats itself! We have been accustomed to study the history of Islam by focusing on three particular nations: the Arab nations,...
