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Opinion: Opportunistic Ultra-Nationalism

Opinion: Opportunistic Ultra-Nationalism

In 2003 when the drums of the Iraq War were beating, I remember well how the term Qawmajiyya, alluding to ultra-nationalism, spread like wildfire. The word–in a derisive context–and its derivatives were reiterated by many among the supporters of the invasion of Iraq...
Opinion: A Broken System

Opinion: A Broken System

If the 1991 war was about a restoration of the Arab state system, the 2003 war, coming in the wake of the shock of 9/11, called its very legitimacy into question. However much it bungled the first year of the American occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration by its...