Articles written by: Fawaz Gerges
on :
Wednesday, 25 Apr, 2012
A big divide has emerged between liberal-minded groups and religious-based activists after Islamist parties gained parliamentary majorities in the polls in Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco, a divide that risks undermining the transition from authoritarianism to pluralism. Wary of the Islamists’ surge, liberals, leftists, and women’s rights groups argue that while Islamist leaders sound moderate, they harbor a conservative religious agenda—an agenda that might roll back human rights and indi...
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Thursday, 11 Aug, 2011
By announcing a substantial withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Obama has finally acknowledged that the Afghan Taliban cannot be militarily defeated, and that the only way out of the Afghan killing fields is a political solution that engages the Taliban.
Despite repeated denials and assertions by top US leaders that the military tide turned against the Taliban, assessments from the US intelligence community has presented a gloomy picture of the Afghan war, contradicting Ob...
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Wednesday, 3 Aug, 2011
Part I of II
In his address announcing a substantial withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan last June, President Obama said that the United States had largely achiev...
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In his address announcing a substantial withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, President Obama said that the United States had largely achieved its goals in Afghanista...
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