An Obituary on Lebanon’s ‘Cedar Revolution’

Ten years ago this week, one million Lebanese – a quarter of Lebanon’s population – congregated in downtown Beirut at Continue reading →

Syria: The Hidden Massacre

(Read this article in Arabic, Turkish or Albanian). The attack took place shortly after the first stirrings of trouble in the southern Continue reading →

Forget Democrazy, Give me Safe Borders

Almost three years after the Arab Spring began its region-wide sweep – ostensibly in search of democratic change – scant Continue reading →

Arabs, Beware the “Small States” Option

This article can also be read in Turkish here. At the heart of all politics lies cold, hard opportunism. New Continue reading →

FreedumbAndDemocrazy

Freedom and democracy. How I have come to loathe this phrase. Two-lofty-words-and-a-conjunction bandied around by handmaidens of Empire: verbal grenades Continue reading →

Why Arabs Need Iran – Part 1

In 2011, when Arab revolts began to sweep the Middle East and North Africa, the view from Washington and its Continue reading →

Mideast Backlashes Yet to Come

By Sharmine Narwani The Middle East is treading water these days. Two years of rhetoric about ousting dictators, revolution, freedom, Continue reading →

Chemical Weapons Charade in Syria

By Sharmine Narwani Let us be clear. The United States can verify absolutely nothing about the use of chemical weapons Continue reading →