Opinion Piece
International and Global Trends
NYT: The President and A Former Terrorist Meet at the White House
Arab policy
Will the Shifting Orientations of Iraqi Voters Decide the Upcoming Elections?
Arab policy
My Third Message to Our Arab Shia Brothers: A Call to Reason and Reality
Opinion and Thought
So That All Is a “Majority” in Syria
Arab policy
A Call to Arab Countries: Support Our Shia Brothers’ Return to Their Arab Identity!
Filter by:
U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Innocent Syrians
Is the US Caesar Act, intended to protect civilians in Syria, achieving its intended goal? Or is it having the opposite effect, harming Syrians? And should the new US administration lift the economic sanctions included in this law?
Covid-19 in an Age of Risk
In an age of risk, we tend to ruminate upon the negative effects of our decisions and always find ourselves driven to make a computational relationship between the future and the present. What role has Covid-19 pandemic played in augmenting such state?
The Need for Arab Think Tanks
In a region suffering from “knowledge crisis” like ours, focusing attention on think tanks is an urgent necessity. The following article highlights the importance of such institutions, especially with regard to the production of new "political knowledge" based on evidence-supported facts, as well as their contribution to providing solutions to decisionmakers.
US--Syria Relationship: When will it be straightened out?
The election of a new US president raises hundreds of questions about his foreign policies on some issues, most notably the Syrian crisis. This article reviews the history of US-Syrian relations, the tensions between them, and the way in which the two countries deal with each other.
Advertising space title
Description of the advertising space. Upon the client’s initial approval of the design, this text will be removed.
The ideology of political Islam between the succession of the Sultan and the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
How is the ideology of political Islam being used today? How does the political use of Islam threaten the region and the region?
.jpg-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82.jpg)
Biden And The Challenge Of Iraq
The Biden administration is now at stake regarding the Iraqi file, as it has to deal with a legacy of years of inaction and inconsistent blurry strategies that have left Iraq up for grabs in the face of sectarian divisions, extremism and regional, particularly Iranian, ambitions. How should the new administration deal with the Iraqi file?
.jpg-%D8%A8%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7.jpg)
Francis Fukuyama: Political Order and the Dilemma of Decay as an Alternative to Liberal Democracy
Today, the world is changing, and it is no longer in the Arabs interest, to stand by idly.
A Businessman's Reflections On Culture
Edward Said succinctly diagnosed the situation of the Arabs by noting, “The problem of the Arabs is that they do not participate in the making of civilization, but only watch it.” Is it not time for Arab intellectuals to give up their role as spectators and assume responsibility regardless of the obstacles?
Boredom Opens the Door to Isolation and, Depression–and Terrorism
In this article, we review the reasons why youth in general and Arab youth in particular join extremist groups and embrace terrorism, along with the role that Arab governments can play to curb this phenomenon.