Dubai Downturn Sends Ripples Throughout Arab World – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Arab World, Bedroom Apartment, Downturn, Dozens, Dubai, Economy, Family Members, Good Job, Jordan, Longing, Mahmoud, Nytimes, Palestinian Origin, Poor Neighborhood, Ripples, Salary, Tamimi, Wife Daughter

Mahmoud Tamimi’s friends call it the ”Dubai syndrome” — the insatiable longing for a city he loves but was forced to leave. Back in Dubai, the 31-year-old had a good job, nice apartment and a $3,700 monthly salary, dozens of times what he’d ever made before.
Then, early last year, the Jordanian of Palestinian origin was [...]

Iran, not Israel, is Arabs’ Worst Enemy, Survey Reveals – Defense/Middle East – Israel News – Israel National News

Posted by Matt in December 21st, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Arab Countries, Arab World, Arabs, Doha Debates, Enemy Number One, Iran Nuclear, Israel National News, Israel News, Israel Nuclear, News Iran, News Israel, Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapon, Public Enemy, Public Enemy Number, Public Enemy Number One, Regional Security, Respondents, tehran, Worst Enemy

Iran’s nuclear threat to regional security has replaced Israel as the Arab world’s public enemy number one for the Arab world, according to an Arab survey commissioned by the Doha Debates group.
A majority of respondents from 18 Arab countries said Iran is a bigger threat than Israel, and nearly a third think that Tehran is [...]

The world tires of the Palestinian cause | The Daily Star

Posted by Matt in November 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Middle East, Arab Country, Arab World, Arabs, Atmosphere, Cairo, Daily Star, Governments, incompetence, Palestinian Cause, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinians, Star World, Tires

The atmosphere in Cairo this week tells us much about the contemporary Arab world’s view of the Palestine cause in relation to domestic issues in every Arab country. Ordinary Arabs and their governments alike seem fed up with the incompetence of the Palestinian leadership, while remaining strongly committed emotionally to the justice and rights of [...]

Not a Good Start: The Future of Arms Control

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in U.S., Abiding Commitment, Adversary, Arab World, ArmsControl, Bilateral Relations, Control Efforts, Cuba, Disarmament, Flights, Militarization, Modernization, moscow, Nbsp, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Russia, Venezuela

The Reset Button?

Bilateral Relations: President Obama has made overt efforts to “reset” bilateral relations with Russia–even while Russia continues to call the U.S. its “principal adversary.” Moscow publicly applauds U.S. disarmament and arms control efforts while they continue a strong and abiding commitment to nuclear weapons.
Increasing Militarization: Russia is reviving Mutually Assured Destruction targeting plans, [...]

Hezbollah spy thriller grips Arab world

Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Adib Alam, Aim, Arab Media, Arab World, Cars, Civilian Targets, Gathering Information, General Security, God, hezbollah, Israeli Attacks, Israeli Planes, Mini Bars, Moles, Nephew, Retired General, Security Department, Security Official, Spy Thriller

Bugged cars, mini-bars and the ‘party of God’ … no wonder the arrest of four alleged moles has the Middle East abuzz
Lebanese and Arab media are agog with details of the affair. The most prominent of those arrested is Adib Alam, a retired general with the country’s general security department. Alam, his wife and his [...]

Did Gaza Break the Middle East?

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, War, Arab World, Array, Bank Israel, Break, Fallout, Fault Lines, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Jordan, Jordan, Middle East, Politics, Several Moments, Tensions, West Bank, West Jordan

The Gaza war is affecting the West Bank, Israel, Jordan and of course Gaza itself.
From the article:
The fallout from the Gaza war and the intense Palestinian divisions is ricocheting around the Arab world — nowhere more than Jordan. There have been several moments where the tensions seemed to be peaking.
That said, Gaza has inflamed at [...]

How Moscow courts the Muslim world

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Islam, Russia, Al Jazeera, Arab World, Christianity, Extent, Foreign Minister, Islam, Mediator, moscow, Muslim World, Muslim Worlds, Muslims, Political Relationship, Russia, Russian Leaders, Russian Territory, Sergei Lavrov, Western Europe

Since then, Putin and other Russian leaders, including the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, claim that Russia “is, to some extent, a part of the Muslim world.” In an interview with Al Jazeera on Oct. 16, 2003, Putin stressed that, unlike Muslims living in Western Europe, those in Russia were indigenous, and that Islam had been [...]

Iran is a threat that can’t be overlooked

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2008 | 5 comments

Published in Iran, Arab, Arab World, Ayatollah Khomeini, Bomb, Bright Flash, Cards, Crazy Link, Fulfillment, Iran, Islam, Islamic Renaissance, Islamists, Muslim World, New Generation, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, President Ahmadinejad

Eventually, the Arab/Muslim world concluded that Westernizing was too burdensome and probably impossible. Since joining the West wasn’t in the cards, licking it seemed another option. A new generation began to eye fundamental Islam as a route to Arab/Islamic renaissance. Enter the Ayatollah Khomeini, followed by Osama bin Laden.
Today, Pakistan has the bomb, and the [...]

Guess Who’s Coming to Power

Posted by Matt in March 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Amazon.Com, China, Europe, U.S., Amazon Asin, Arab World, Asia America, Central America, Central Asia, China, Cusp, Eastern Europe, European Union, european_union, Foreign Policy, Limited Resources, Multipolar, New World Order, Policy Scholar, South-America, Southeast Asia, Superpowers, United States

Now, a young, well-traveled, multilingual foreign-policy scholar, Parag Khanna, suggests in “The Second World” that we are on the cusp of a new new world order â€” â€œa multipolar and multicivilizational world of three distinct superpowers competing on a planet of shrinking resources.â€ The three are the United States, the European Union and China. The [...]