Real Iran splits and the myth of division

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka

Baby Steps for Turkey and China

[caption id="attachment_55231281" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao; Source: AFP"][/caption] Today, Ankara and…

Nima Khorrami Assl

WWII's Explosive Legacy

[caption id="attachment_55231264" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill pays a visit to the El-Alamein area, on August 19, 1942 in the western desert…

Alastair Beach

The Gulf and the Arab Spring

[caption id="attachment_55231201" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal "][/caption] Many ask whether the radical changes of the Arab…

Mohamed Al-Rumaihi

Understanding Dictators

[caption id="attachment_55231164" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Charlie Chaplin as 'The Great Dictator (1940)'"][/caption] Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Qadhafi, Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali,…

Alex Edwards

The Circus Continues

[caption id="attachment_55231148" align="alignnone" width="620" caption=" Anti-Omar Suleiman posters in Cairo, Egypt"][/caption] It has been an entertaining couple of weeks in Egyptian politics…

Alastair Beach

A Dynamic Scene

[caption id="attachment_55231118" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Turkish and Iranian officials meet in Tehran (Credit: Hamed Malekpour)"][/caption] Since the 1980s, Iran has defined itself…

Mahjoob Zweiri

Co-operation from China?

[caption id="attachment_55230911" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao "][/caption] Reuters's report on March 5 that a major Chinese ship insurer – China P&amp…

Nima Khorrami Assl

Egypt’s Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55230900" align="aligncenter" width="606" caption="Members of Parliament attend a parliament session in Cairo February 26, 2012 (credit: Amr Abdallah Dalsh)"][/caption] In a…

Jacqueline Shoen

The Iran-Turkey Showdown

[caption id="attachment_55230887" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan"][/caption] A revival of, or…

Nima Khorrami Assl