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March 14 Alliance: We Refuse to Turn Lebanon into a Victim of Iran’s Domination

by Thair Abbas | Feb 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Lebanese government will today meet to discuss the implications of the latest Gulf stance following Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it has stopped its military and security aid to Lebanon and that it will review relations with Lebanon as a result of the Lebanese...

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epa04482264 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gestures during the opening plenary of Summit on the Global Agenda in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 09 November 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Opinion: The Emirates’ Vision

by Ali Ibrahim | Nov 3, 2015 | Opinion

No one knows in what state the Arab world and wider Middle East will be in after the region is finally able to traverse the ongoing political storm which it has endured since 2011. Despite the destruction that has been wrought and the shredding of the social fabric in...

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Globe showing the Middle East. (Getty Images/Robert Houser)

Opinion: Time for Self-Criticism Amid All the Arab Confusion

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 4, 2015 | Opinion

Let us stop, even just once, our stubborn denial and talk openly about why we seem addicted to reactions and self-assurances, while others are achieving political advances which even their foes acknowledge. I contend that if we were to pose a direct question along...

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Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Erbil, Iraq, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Arabs and the Culture of Dialogue

by Bakir Oweida | Jun 29, 2014 | Opinion

Arab countries have been going through a downward spiral on a number of levels over the past few years. In fact, the situation in the Arab world is going from bad to worse. Take the recent UN report on the numbers and conditions of refugees around the world released...

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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration calling for the departure of the Islamist-led ruling coalition at Kasbah Square where the government headquarters are located, in Tunis in this file photo of November 15, 2013 (REUTERS/Anis Mili)

Opinion: The Problem with Arab Political Elites

by Amal Mousa | Apr 28, 2014 | Opinion

For the political elites in the Arab world to accept the idea that their societies are witnessing a real period of tribulation whose consequences cannot be postponed, they not only have to rethink the nature of their development policies, but also adopt political...