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Protesters are on the streets in Iraq, furious at corruption, unemployment and bad public services. Security forces fire live ammunition, killing protesters. The Iraqi prime… Continue readingIraq’s Revolving Door Politics Has Driven Young People Out on the Streets

Note: This article was distributed to Syndication Bureau clients on October 9, before the Turkish campaign in Syria began later that day. It has been… Continue readingTurkey Enters Northeast Syria to Show that Erdogan Can Solve the Refugee Crisis – at the Cost of Relations with the US

There is no mistaking the buzz surrounding cashless transactions facilitated by smartphones. In the West and other developed economies, they mean convenience. In emerging markets,… Continue readingIs Financial Technology the Solution to Africa’s Economic Challenges?

After two years of wrangling, a rare success. In the run-up to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, announced… Continue readingThrough Russia and the EU States, the UN Has Handed Syria’s Bashar Al Assad a Way to Win the ‘Peace’

As if Turkey’s current problems with NATO – sparked by its purchase of a Russian missile-defense system – were not troubling enough, now its strongman president,… Continue readingErdogan’s Nuclear Dreams Will Be a Nightmare for Turkish-American Relations

Once the only free economy in the Arab Middle East, Lebanon has now joined the league of failed economies. It has two exchange rates for… Continue readingBroken and Broke, Lebanon Has a Choice: A State of Peace or of Perpetual War?

Last month, the European aerospace company, Airbus, predicted that over the next 20 years the number of commercial aircraft in operation around the world would… Continue reading‘Sustainable’ and ‘Development’ May Not Be Compatible; Something Needs to Be Done About It

In September, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fired the latest salvo in the Eastern Mediterranean stand-off. “Those who think that the natural riches of the… Continue readingFor Israel and Turkey, It’s Now All About Gas

As the war in Syria winds down, it is inevitable that its impact will be measured in terms of casualties. Numbers of dead and wounded are the… Continue readingThe War in Syria Is Close to an End, But the Crushing of a People Is Far from Over

Against the backdrop of a Maltese fort that withstood an attempted Muslim invasion in the 16th century, the interior ministers of four European Union countries last month outlined a… Continue readingThe EU’s New Migration Policy Is a Gift to the Far Right

While the world fixates on the West’s response to the September 14 attack on Saudi Aramco, the oil giant’s largest customers in Beijing, New Delhi,… Continue readingThe Attack on Saudi Aramco Threatens the Global Economy; So Why Aren’t the Asian Powers Doing More for Gulf Security?

Last month, 29-year-old Iraqi Kurd Mevan Babakar set out to track down a man whose small act of kindness when she was a five-year-old refugee… Continue readingCynical Politicians Want to Demonize Refugees, But Kindness Triumphs Over Hate

“Seek knowledge, even if you have to go all the way to China,” is a saying often attributed to the Prophet Mohammed. Whether or not… Continue readingEducation in the Arab World Needs More Arab Culture

In August, Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, was beaten to death. Her family claimed she had fallen from a second-floor window, but three of… Continue readingTo Avoid Being Stereotyped, the Arab World Must Acknowledge and Fix Its Own Flaws

Three years ago, the World Health Organization decided to get tough on malaria, a disease that in 2017 alone killed over 435,000 people, more than… Continue readingTo Eradicate Malaria, Bring Back DDT