In this interview with The Majalla, Ammar Al-Hakim, President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), denies to be influenced by Iran and calls for building "strategic" relations between Iraq and Arab countries, acknowledging that Iraq is partly to blame for coolness in relations with these countries.
In this interview with The Majalla, Glyn Davies, the US ambassador to the IAEA, talks about his visit to Turkey in order to convince the Turkish Government out of repeating its November abstention from a vote to condemn Iran. The next Board of Governors meeting in the IAEA will start 1 March, and there is talk of a possible fissure between Ankara and Washington on how to deal with Iran.
How can we learn from the history of the Arab world? In his interview with The Majalla, Professor Rogan, of the Middle East Centre at Oxford University, assesses the current political trends of the region within their historical context. From colonialism to Arab nationalism, Rogan discusses a variety of topics that help us to better understand the current state of Arab politics as a result of past events.
Dr Anne Marie Slaughter, the current Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department, talked to The Majalla about the Obama’s Administration unfinished business in the Middle East, the growing U.S. tensions with China, and the challenges to statecraft in an election year.
In this interview, Akram al-Kaabi, the leader of the Iraqi organization "Asaeb Ahlulhaq", talked with The Majalla about the group’s origins, its links with other groups, a few of its operations, and its activities against American and British troops in Iraq. Al-Kaabi also confirmed that his organization currently holds a British citizen and an American citizen hostage, and revealed the existence of an agreement with the Iraqi government for the exchange of the hostages held by the group for a few detainees held by the government.