Category: Op Eds

‘A Coup’ or Something Else? – U.S. Dilemma in Egypt

August 3, 2013

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?

July 13, 2013

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

June 11, 2013

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

May 1, 2013

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

April 27, 2013

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?

April 1, 2013

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

March 18, 2013

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?

January 26, 2013

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

January 18, 2013

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

December 18, 2012

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