Tag Archives: Syria
The Five Minutes to Midnight Podcast
The Five Minutes to Midnight podcast explains intractable issues in international politics with in-depth insight and analysis from experts – journalists, academics and activists. Read more [...]
Listen: Saudi and Gulf relations and influence in the Arab world
Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, analyses the relations between the Persian/Arab Gulf states and their influence on other Arab countries. He also explains the motives behind the United Arab Emirates’ normalisation of relations with Israel.
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Listen – Tunisia: Back to the future?
Mohamed El-Doufani writes:
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Listen – Iran: Between conflict and stagnation
Mohamed El-Doufani writes:
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Listen: Social media as a weapon in the Syrian civil war
Amira Galal, a specialist in online harmful speech, discusses the role of social media in the Syrian civil war, from fake news and images disseminated by both the opposition groups and the government, to recruitment for the pro- and anti-government militias, to the promotion of sectarianism — the latter often hidden in the comments sections of social media postings. Read more [...]
Trailer: Five Minutes to Midnight – a new podcast covering current international issues
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes:
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حكواتي الزير سالم و حكواتي الوطنية
بقلم منذر هنداوي
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Turkey signals sweeping regional ambitions
James Dorsey views the significance of a recent broadcast by a Turkish TV station with close ties to President Erdogan depicting Turkey's sphere of influence in 2050 as stretching from southeastern Europe, through Libya, the Gulf and the Levant, and to the Caucasus and Central Asia. Read more [...]
The ‘humanitarian’ left still ignores the lessons of Iraq, Libya and Syria to cheer on more war
Jonathan Cook says leftist "cheerleaders" have not learned the lessons of the West's catastrophic military interventions in the Arab world and are now partaking in Western belligerence towards China and Russia, to the benefit of warmongers in the US and UK. Read more [...]
