This is a revision of an online article I wrote in 2011, published on turkishweekly.net. The Independent correspondent Patrick Cockburn wrote a remarkable article on November 5, 2011 about a young Libyan man who guided Mr Cockburn through Tripoli, and acted as his translator. He was killed October 9 as he had joined the rebel…
Markets rocked by Italian political stalemate | Business | guardian.co.uk. 1. Why did Monti come in only fourth in the elections? — His government was actually making progress. People think short term and prefer the thought of some gains in the short term versus pain in the short term. Voters make decisions, by answering…
On the basis of the previous analysis of Iran’s and Syria’s individual foreign policy principles/behaviors and the development of the Syrian-Iranian relations, has the Syrian-Iranian alliance made sense in the past and does it make sense in the context of the 2011 Syrian uprising? Preventing isolation There are good reasons to argue in favour of…
Many people would not be suprised that the revolutionary events that have been defining Egypt over the last 2 years, have had a very significant impact on the Egpytian economy. This post attempts to highlight how the Egptian economy has been affected by the Revolution. Tourism Egypt has been well-known as being a popular…
There are many things you can point to as proof that the human is not smart. But my personal favorite would have to be that we needed to invent the helmet. What was happening, apparently, was that we were involved in a lot of activities that were cracking our heads. We chose not to avoid…
An overview of some of the theoretical frameworks on alliances in the context of the Syrian-Iranian relations, can be a useful tool for the analysis of these complex relations. Fred Lawson’s alliance dilemma While the approaches to the Syrian-Iranian alliance formation differ, they offer interesting insights into the actual nature of this alliance. Fred H.…
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I stumbled across this video while aimlessly browsing the Internet. I thought it showed an interesting perspective on journalism. Although I’ve always struggled with the negative news journalism (especially broadcast) spews, I never considered the need for the media to provide solutions to these issues it makes public. I just…
