by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 25, 2017 | Opinion
Colonial powers are historically held responsible for tensions and conflicts straining the Middle East in pre-WWII times, with approximately 60 percent of the regional map having been occupied by foreign forces. After the Second World War, colonialism was mostly...
by Abdullatif Jaber, Fayza Kamel and Taha Abed el Wahed | Oct 14, 2016 | Features
Beijing, London, Moscow- An intensifying arms race and deployment of missile defense systems have added to the continued tensions shared between the United States, Russia and China, alarming forecasts on a nearing second Cold War. The world faces cold war era threat...
by David Ignatius | Sep 20, 2016 | Opinion
Contemplating Russian nuclear threats during the Cold War, the strategist Herman Kahn calibrated a macabre ladder of escalation, with 44 rungs ranging from “Ostensible Crisis” to “Spasm or Insensate War.” In the era of cyberwarfare that’s now dawning, the rules of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2016 | World
Porlamar, Venezuela- The 17th session of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was inaugurated on Saturday in Venezuela, trying to escape its international isolation and witnessing a severe economic and political crisis. This meeting coincides with national pressure being...
by Jochen Bittner | Aug 3, 2016 | Opinion
HAMBURG, Germany — In its heyday, Communism claimed that capitalism had betrayed the worker. So what should we make of Moscow’s new battle cry, that democracy has betrayed the voter? It’s a worldview that has become increasingly clear through the era of Russia’s...
