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This fiendish new Turkish-led alliance requires an assertive response

Understanding the egomaniacal Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regional ambitions needs no mind reader. For years, he has sought to meddle in Arab affairs, at times pretending to be a friend...

Trump’s dangerous policies imperil our world

Through his own actions, United States President Donald Trump has diminished his status as Leader of the Free World and eliminated himself as an honest broker. America’s allies and adversaries are...

Qatar, the architect of its own isolation

This is one of the saddest days since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed. I never imagined that a brotherly country, a neighbour with which we in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) share ties...

Global leadership lacking in 2014

Are terrorists gaining international respectability? That question isn’t as ridiculous as it may sound. The other day, while watching a popular news channel, I was stunned by a ticker that read “UN...

World powers can't be trusted to save Syria

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron looked like a cat with a bowl of cream as leaders of the world’s richest countries, attending the recent G8 summit held in Northern Ireland, queued to sign a...

Violence, anarchy and hunger stalk Arab lands

All my life, I’ve been proud to call myself an Arab. Our ancestors gave birth to great civilizations and brought knowledge to the world in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, medicine,...

America's muddled priorities and double standards

I’m stunned at the banquet Washington’s political establishment and the US media have made out of the personal indiscretions of a couple of four-star generals past their prime. Gen. David Petraeus...

Are Sunnis victims of a new ‘Great Game’?

How would you feel if you knew that there was a slow ticking time bomb in your neighborhood while all around you refused to heed your warnings? That’s exactly the situation I find myself in these...

Time to heal post 9-11 wounds

Ten long years have passed since 19 ruthless criminals used passenger planes to attack symbols of US power. Little did those of us watching in horror as the World Trade Centre twin-towers dissolved...

Arabs should lead in fighting terrorism

The world’s superpower, the United States, has taken responsibility for combating international terrorism with help from its Western allies. Terrorism is a scourge upon the face of the Earth so, in...

The next US President should be 'A man with a plan'

When people in this part of the world are not focusing on the financial crisis, the buzz revolves around who will be the next president of the United States. “Do you prefer a McCain or Obama White...

Arabs Should Reject Imposed “Democracy”

The US is behaving as though it has the patent on ’democracy’. In the same way it exports Uncle Ben’s Rice, Starbucks and F16s to the Middle East, it is eager to impose its own stars and stripes...

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