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A Syrian man holds a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian regime air strikes in Aleppo, Syria. (AFP)

We Oppose the Spheres of Influence

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...

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Reuters

Talk on the World Walking into a Cold War Era

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...

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A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/Illustration/File Photo

The Cold War is over. The Cyber War has Begun

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...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) arrives in Venezuela’s Caribbean island of Margarita for the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela September 14, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

Non-Aligned Summit, Unclear Purpose, Dull International Attendance

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...

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New Ideology of the New Cold War

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...