The Arab Affairs Committee of Egypt’s post-coup parliament has announced in an exciting development that the Al-Assad regime’s vacant seat at the Arab League is no longer “acceptable”. Syria’s absence and “the continuation of its vacant [ More … ]
What went strategically wrong with the Syrian revolution? Though it is a late question, it is worth asking, because it is said “better late than never.” Others prefer a different question: what has gone right? [ More … ]
Three years ago, the Syrian researcher George Kadar mentioned to me a new term he called “demographic engineering in Syria”, i.e., redistributing Syria’s population according to new sectarian, religious, and ethnic maps. I thought then [ More … ]
During the last month, Turkey has maneuvered to end damaging foreign policy disputes with Israel and Russia, but Egypt and Syria will be tougher nuts for Ankara to crack in its drive for regional rapprochement, [ More … ]
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