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Category: Op Eds
‘A Coup’ or Something Else? – U.S. Dilemma in Egypt
Africa had its fair share of military power-grabs – actually, it had a good deal more than that. Throughout the Cold War, military coups were ... Read More
The Shift to a Multi-polar Global Economy: Are We Prepared to Handle It?
The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during ... Read More
Monsanto, or how French Medias’ Silence was Bought
While the French newspaper Le Figaro was reporting lengthily on the arrest of an opponent to the wedding for everyone, a 23 years old student ... Read More
Rise of the ‘Renmimbi’ to the International Stage: A Win-Win Game for the Emerging Multi-Polar Global Economy
Empirical studies show that the international monetary system is already tripolar. The Chinese currency, the renmimbi, has increasingly become a reference currency, as one which ... Read More
Western Dilemma in Syria: To Arm or Not to Arm
Ever since the Syrian uprising began, the West has quietly been rooting for the opposition. And while the opposition has made some progress in chipping ... Read More
The GCC Countries in a Multipolar Currency System: Is a New Currency Emerging?
In the mid of the 2008 financial meltdown, countries from the periphery injected their hard-won money into the rescue of Western financial institutions and near-defaulting ... Read More
Walking a Thin Line: The Role of Think Tanks in Arab Transitions and Foreign Support
The role of civil society in bringing about change in the Arab world has been widely acknowledged. Today, civil society organisations (CSOs) face the challenge ... Read More
Intervening in Mali – Securing the Sahel?
Last December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal ... Read More
Doha Climate Change Conference – No Big Hope for Africa
Climate change has emerged as one of the greatest challenges to international community. Increasing frequency and intensity of natural calamities caution that changing climate would ... Read More
Iran’s Pyrrhic Victory
The one persistent feature of Iranian foreign policy since the toppling of the Shah in 1979 was its rather grandiose optimism about its own ascendance ... Read More