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By Fred H. Lawson United States strategic planners are carrying out a fundamental reconfiguration of America’s military presence throughout the world. The shift came to
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By Fred H. Lawson United States strategic planners are carrying out a fundamental reconfiguration of America’s military presence throughout the world. The shift came to

By Ali Hussein Bakir This paper discusses the on-going regional geopolitical transformations in the wake of the Arab revolutions, and examines the impact they have

By Brahma Chellaney The political unrest and upheaval sweeping many Arab countries has coincided with the expansion of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China)

By Na’eem Jeenah Everywhere people have been fascinated with how rapidly, and with such resolve, the people of Tunisia and Egypt have overthrown repressive regimes,

By Rashid Khalidi Towards the end of his long, eventful life, in 1402, the renowned Arab historian Ibn Khaldun was in Damascus. He left us

By Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn The US engagement in Afghanistan, its longest war to date, has come under increasing criticism in the

By Lamis Andoni The resounding defeat of the Democratic Party in the United States midterm congressional elections has clearly weakened President Barack Obama’s hand on

By Muneer Shafiq Russian-Arab relations, although having strategic significance for both parties, do not hold the same level of strategic value for either. Furthermore, such

By Olivier Da Lage We have to admit that there was a pre-AlJazeera era and a post-AlJazeera era. There is no doubt that the start

By Fawaz A. Gerges In an important and alarming report to the United Nations Security Council early July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that an increase
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