ما هي خلفيات الوعي الطائفي، فهل ولد بين ليلة وضحاها أم أنه كان راقدا بيننا ينتظر اللحظة المناسبة للانفجار في وجهنا؟ English
Islamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem to have become the substitute for a failed regional order and failing domestic conditions.
Why is it that the brightest peaceful activists who preach freedom against violence are the first to be killed by the Assad regime?
The duty of intellectuals should be to ensure accountability, not to engage in frivolous revisionism.
Diplomacy should focus on the humanitarian situation and the need for civilian protection rather than or as well as finding a political solution.
ISIS may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria's political soul is far from over.
The gassing of people is considered exceptionally inhumane, officially a categorical “red line” dividing good from evil. This belief now threatens to trigger an escalation with unpredictable consequences.
Who gets to decide who is involved in pseudoscience and misdirection? Who asks the questions and who gets bamboozled? What role should the media play?
With the war on the "Islamic state" in both Syria and Iraq almost over, the eye is now turned to the two superpowers; the United States of America and Russia. العربية
أَمَا وإنّ الحرب على تنظيم "الدولة الإسلاميّة"في كلّ من سوريا والعراق قد انتهت، أو تكاد، تتجه الأنظار الآن إلى الهدف التالي لكلّ من القوتين العظميين، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكيّة، وروسيا. English
The Iraq Inquiry warned that we must exhaust all peaceful options before dropping bombs – and that hasn’t happened.
