by Anthony Newkirk | Jul 1, 2011 | War & Peace
On May 19, President Barack Obama said that “extraordinary change” is sweeping the Middle East. But the president’s silence about signs of counter-revolution in the Middle East is deeply disturbing. This silence comes not just from the White House...
by Paul Mutter | Jun 29, 2011 | War & Peace
The Saudi and Bahraini monarchies recently announced the engagement of a Saudi princess to a Bahraini prince. A substantial bridal party has preceded her, though. Starting March 14th, 4,000 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) troops, mostly from Saudi Arabia, have entered...
by Jim Lobe | Jun 23, 2011 | Democracy & Governance, War & Peace
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) – Increasingly worried that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is taking advantage of the growing political chaos in Yemen, the administration of President Barack Obama has tasked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use drone...
by Richard Javad Heydarian | Jun 21, 2011 | War & Peace
Egypt was once a major player in the Middle East, particularly under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1950s and 1960s. Over the last decades, Egypt gradually lost its prestige and influence in the region as it became an introverted autocratic regime. In the...
by Russ Wellen | Jun 17, 2011 | Human Rights
(Pictured: Syrian President Assad and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in happier times.) “Until recently,” reports Henri Barkey at the National Interest, the AKP, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development party, “saw its burgeoning relations with...
