Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

08 March 2017
Bill Law argues that the promise of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry to examine the violence of 2011 has nearly been forgotten. This is a chapter from the e-book…
02 March 2017
This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by Global Policy and Arab Digest, and edited by Hugh Miles and Alastair Newton. Freely available…
01 March 2017
David B Roberts explores how the monarchies have reacted to their increasingly ambiguous relationship with the US. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East…
15 February 2017
Using the case of Israel and the PLO, George Joffé explores the importance of empathy to any negotiating process. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East…
03 February 2017
Azzam Tamimi explores the likely implications of the Arab Springs' counter-revolutions. This is a chapter in the E-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by…
25 January 2017
Saad al-Fagih argues that Saudi Arabia is teetering on the edge of major changes. This is a chapter in the E-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by Global Policy and…
18 January 2017
Andrew Hammond explores the continuities and new developments in representations of Islam, politics and violence in the Middle East. This piece is the first chapter in the E-book…
19 December 2016
Martha Molfetas argues that the we are at the beginning of a new cold war. Somehow it feels as if the Cold War never really ended. Normalised relations between the US and Russia…
13 December 2016
In a personal reflection, Martha Molfetas asks where is a globalist, lover of the EU, environmentalist, former expat and Londoner to go? It's taken me a while to come to grips…
28 November 2016
Cornelius Adebahr argues that although security is a sexy topic, these days the EU has more pressing issues to tackle. When the EU heads of state or government met for the first…