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Le Monde diplomatique
The Nation
Richard Bulliet
Rami G. Khouri
Vadim Nikitin
Patrick Seale
Immanuel Wallerstein
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When Arab States and Citizens Differ on Palestine
by Rami G. Khouri
Two and a half years after the Arab uprisings erupted, we are starting to witness the first small signs of the regional implications of the birth of Arab citizens and a public political sphere defined by populist legitimacy.
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New Rules of the Evolving Arab Order
by Rami G. Khouri
The most striking attribute of the “Arab regional order” today is that it is not an order at all, but rather experiences total change in all dimensions. Two new dynamics define the Arab region: the law of the jungle, and market forces.
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Syria: No Win for the West
by Immanuel Wallerstein
What the United States (and western Europe) want to do is "control" the situation. They will not be able to do it. Hence the screams of the "interventionists" and the foot-dragging of the "prudent."
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China Addresses the Middle East
by Rami G. Khouri
Only the Chinese government knows why it is moving ahead with a Middle East peace initiative, but we should welcome it and engage with it constructively.
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The Rebellion Against High-Stakes Testing
by David Kirp (The Nation)
Resistance is growing, and with good reason -- test mania delivers few benefits and often harms the students it’s meant to help.
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The Real Scare in Syria Is Not Chemical Weapons
by Rami G. Khouri
What the United States might do in response to chemical weapons use in Syria strikes me as a pretty provincial perspective on a much larger and older problem -- that of thugs in power, and bullies who support them from abroad.
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Drop the Failed Approaches and Try New Ideas
by Rami G. Khouri
There’s no sense in replaying failed old attempts to make peace on the basis of continued Palestinian and Arab concessions without a reciprocal Israeli response. Let’s try some new ideas -- like a Palestinian referendum.
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Whose Interests are Served by the BRICS?
by Immanuel Wallerstein
Like globalization itself as a concept, the BRICS may turn out to be a passing phenomenon.
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How Israel Manipulates US Policy in the Middle East
by Patrick Seale
By accusing Syria of using chemical weapons, Israel’s goal seems to have been to trigger an early American armed intervention with the double objective of ousting Bashar from office, while preventing his replacement by the Jabhat al-Nusra.
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Arab Transitions Are Slow for Good Reasons
by Rami G. Khouri
The Arab world is undertaking this historic reconfiguration of governance systems while also grappling with two other, more fundamental, elements of their national experiences: the nature of both statehood and sovereignty.
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