Israel will not countenance any country in the Middle East possessing technology or weapons equal to or better than theirs. Iran recently proposed a nuclear free Middle East as a solution to […]
Ideological Wars and How to Lose Friends
Wars have generally been waged by countries against countries, or levied against a country’s leader, but much like Huntington’s thesis in his book, Clash of Civilisations, the current wars in the Middle […]
Looking beyond 2014, through a glass darkly
Perhaps the title of this blog post should be the “future” wars, ones in addition to the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the US presence officially winds down in Iraq […]
Egypt: Scepticism not Euphoria
Although the Brotherhood candidate, Morsi, was declared the winner in the Presidential run-off, the battle for control of the country is far from decided. The military still holds the reins of power […]
Egypt’s Arab Spring, R.I.P.?
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The end of the Egyptian revolution and very likely the beginning of more bloodshed and repression, almost a copycat script from much maligned Syria. […]
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