Malik al-Abdeh is Managing Director of Conflict Mediation Solutions, a Track II consultancy, and editor of Syria in Transition, a monthly journal on Syrian politics. He is based in London. 

The Monarchical Exception

[caption id="attachment_55236879" align="aligncenter" width="620"] KAMPALA, UGANDA: President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (2nd-L) poses with some of the…

So Long, Renaissance

[caption id="attachment_55236177" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian General Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud (C) addresses judges in his office…

The Media War in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55234371" align="alignnone" width="620"] (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Exactly a year after the breakout of the…