The Incredible, World-Altering ‘Black Swan’ Events That Could Upend Life in 2025
15 futurists, foreign policy analysts and other prognosticators provide some explosive potential scenarios for the new year.
Voices from the Arab press: The German attack – despite Saudi Arabia’s warnings
The Saudi warnings to German authorities prior to the tragic Magdeburg attack – where five people were killed and 200 were ...
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From Barak to the Road Map
The exchange in the nyrb, however—on one side, an interview with Barak by the Israeli historian, Benny Morris; on the other, a ‘Reply to Ehud Barak’ by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha—was principally ...
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The fragile alliances behind Bashar Assad’s downfall
The story of Bashar Assad’s rise and subsequent downfall is deeply intertwined with the alliances he inherited and the decisions he made regarding them. Unlike his father, Hafez Assad, whose ...
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The Two-State Illusion: fantasy or failed promise?
Salaam in Arabic and Shalom in Hebrew, both greetings, may sound similar. Still, the reflection of the linguistic correlation ...