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The Twitter logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

Debate: Social media did help propagate Brotherhood ideology

by Faisal Abbas | Jan 12, 2014 | Debate

Hardline Islamist parties do not balk at eliminating other groups in the name of religion in their bid to obtain power. In this sense, political Islam is similar to the Christian right or radical ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups. Because the beliefs held by members of...

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FILE – In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, a sign with Facebook’s “Like” logo is posted at Facebook headquarters near the office for the company’s User Operations Safety Team in Menlo Park, Calif. Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore “click […]

Debate: Social media did not help propagate Brotherhood ideology

by Mohamed Abdulahi | Jan 12, 2014 | Debate

Even though we are currently in a phase where most people are lambasting the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said at a press conference in Cairo recently, in an almost complimentary tone, that members of the Muslim Brotherhood were...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a statement early on November 24, 2013 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Debate: Iran nuclear deal a game changer for US-Israeli relations

by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen | Dec 30, 2013 | Debate

Signs of a rapprochement between Iran and the United States have added a combustible new layer of disagreement to the already thorny relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv. In common with other US partners in the Middle East, Israeli leaders have long expressed...

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US President Barack Obama (C), Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) take part in an arrival ceremony for Obama at Ben Gurion International Airport on March 20, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN)

Debate: Iran nuclear deal not a game changer for US-Israeli relations

by Munira Fakhro | Dec 30, 2013 | Debate

While we are witnessing a development in the way the US has been addressing Israel, it is unlikely things will change in the long-term between these two important allies. There has indeed been a growing trend opposition to Tel Aviv in Washington, one highlighted by US...

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A general view of the last session of the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Kuwait, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 (AP/Gustavo Ferrari).

Debate: There is no common GCC vision on Yemen

by Bernard Haykel | Dec 26, 2013 | Debate

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been instrumental in initiating and providing a structure for the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, a process that seeks to resolve the longstanding tensions and differences between the competing political factions in Yemen....

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In this Saturday, March 5, 2011, file photo, anti-government protesters take shelter from the sun under their national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana’a, Yemen. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Debate: There is a common GCC vision on Yemen

by Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Dec 26, 2013 | Debate

There can be no doubt that the deteriorating situation in Yemen occupies a prominent place in the thinking of the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but each state has its own priorities and considerations to take into account according to the...