Meaningful stakeholders in the collective, each becoming reasonable people of goodwill - this is the model for successfully living with the identitarianisms that will otherwise tear our future apart. This applies as much to multi-ethnic Europe as the Gulf States or Singapore
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when pro-democracy protests swell into cross-sectarian movements for meaningful political reform. This brutality polarises opinion between advocates of reform and proponents of repression.
White House reconsiders nuclear weapons policy. Pakistani Taliban chief killed by US airstrike. Dubai moves to tighten Israeli entry ban. All this and much more, in today’s security briefing.
Mossad is accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai. Russia and Abkhazia sign deal to build joint military base. Cluster munitions treaty to enter force this year. US reinstates ties with Syria. US drone attack kills three in Pakistan. More journalists killed in 2009 th
Iranian officials attempt to discredit US missile defence deployments. China warns Obama over meeting with Dalai Lama. Somali Al Shabab unite with Al Qaeda’s jihad. Female suicide bomber kills 54 Iraqi pilgrims. All this and much more in today’s security briefing.
The financial crisis in Dubai exposes the hollow reality underlying the city’s glitzy facade of wealth. The political implications for the United Arab Emirates and the wider region are enormous.
