Posted on Wed, August 25, 2010 at 00:02 am CEST
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The Real Middle Eastern Cold War

This new Cold War represents the current ideological division in the Middle East between the “revolutionary bloc,” led chiefly by Iran, Syria, and more recently Turkey, and the “status-quo bloc,” led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Iraq • Kuwait • Libya • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, August 9, 2010 at 12:05 pm CEST
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Poll Shows the Shocking Reality of Arab Public Opinion

As long as there is a huge gap between the actual Middle East and the fantasy Middle East so dear to many Western academics, journalists, and diplomats, the region will remain… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Iran • Islamic Countries • Jordan • Lebanon • Morocco • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates 
Posted on Wed, July 21, 2010 at 22:17 pm CEST
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The Survival of Traditional Regimes in the Persian Gulf

If you had told experts in the mid-1960s that a half-century later every king and emir then ruling in the Persian Gulf would still be there, most would have been astonished… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Bahrain • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Kuwait • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates • Wahhabism 
Posted on Sun, May 2, 2010 at 16:41 pm CEST
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Tensions Escalate Once Again Between UAE And Iran

Political tensions between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reached new levels this week following a statement made last week by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE foreign minister, comparing the Iranian occupation of the three disputed islands… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates