Sunday, March 18, 2012

Kuwait's State Owned Enteprise Woes

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An interesting article about Kuwait, which highlights three important trends throughout the Arab world: 1) The ever-increasing demands of s...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

'Iran Cyber Army' Hits Azerbaijan State TV Site: AGP via Naharnet

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An interesting article from Agence France Press pointing to technological cyber warfare developments in the region. http://www.naharnet.co...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Lebanon's Faulty Democracy Desperately Needs Re-engineering

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At different junctures over the past few months (years actually), Lebanon's cabinet has found itself at a standstill. This time it was t...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bashar Assad Could Have But Didn’t

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It has been interesting to see that so far in the Arab Spring, most of the deposed leaders have had to be pried away forcefully from their p...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

What on Earth Would Prompt a Newspaper Editor to Call for Obama's Assassination?

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Not sure what to make of this ... Shocking, even more so if Adler's analysis is true or worse yet if it was some kind of message from Is...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

On Assad's Interview with Barbara Walters

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Mind boggling ... Utterly mind boggling ... A detached demeanor pointing if nothing else to a man truly not running the show at all ... or p...
Friday, November 4, 2011

The Arab Intellectual Chasm with the Times

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In a recent article in the New York times, Robert Worth questions the role (or lack thereof) that the Arab Intelligentsia have had on the c...