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Tariq Ali – The Roads to Damascus

December 11, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A grim read, describing what has happened in the Middle East over the past year as a ‘mini-1967 for the Arab World’. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Anatol Lieven: The fall of Assad is a defeat for Russia — and no ‘win’ for the US

December 11, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Zero-sum geopolitics is in vogue, but in the long-term none of the major powers win from chaos and failed states. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. […]

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David Hearst – Assad downfall: Is the Arab Spring back from the dead?

December 11, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Could what has happened in Syria spark a re-birth of revolts across the Arab world? David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and […]

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Trita Parsi – Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins, but can it last?

November 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

This deal appears to be about all parties preparing for a Trump Presidency, but the Palestinians have been left in the lurch. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice president of the Quincy Institute […]

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Jamal Kanj – Netanyahu’s Intoxicated Euphoria will Turn into a Prolonged Hangover

October 7, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Iran showed that it’s missiles can penetrate Israel and, if it wanted to, destroy key infrastructure. Jamal Kanj is the author of Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America, and other books. […]

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David Hearst – The chaos Israel is sowing across the Middle East could come back to haunt it

October 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The Palestinian issue had stopped being the defining issue in the Middle East, but Israel’s rampage has brought it front and centre again. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is […]

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Middle East Eye – Iran launches wave of missiles at Israel

October 1, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Iran says attack is in retaliation for Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.’ Read the article HERE.

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Juan Cole – The Path to Nasrallah’s Assassination and What Lies Ahead

September 30, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A short history of Hezbollah and why it might have to become a guerrilla organisation again. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest book, “Muhammad: Prophet […]

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Marco Carnelos – Hezbollah’s fatal mistake was to believe Israel was bound by the rules of war

September 30, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Hezbollah have suffered a severe blow, but not a knockout. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in the foreign policy staff […]

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Juan Cole – Biden’s bear hug of Netanyahu

September 18, 2024 Ben Wray 0

US foreign policy in the Middle East is in complete disarray, with the region turning into a raging bonfire. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest […]

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Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

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Book Review by Branko Milanović This is an extraordinarily difficult book to review. Not because the main thesis is unclear or because it is written in a too complex way but because it combines, in […]

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A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Chris Hedges

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Book Review by Chris Green It provides a modicum of relief to one’s mental health to turn from Nicholas Kristof’s lame bothsidesism and Bernie Sanders’s blather about Israel’s “right to defend itself” to reading Chris […]

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