Articles tagged with: UK
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Wednesday, 10 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Sectary of State John Kerry has completed the Middle Eastern part of his current ten-day tour, which saw him meet with political leaders in Turkey, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He has now traveled to Europe for the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, and will end his trip in East Asia.
Talks have focused primarily on the crisis in Syria, relations with Israel, and the threat of the Iranian nuclear program.
The senior US official began his tour in Istanbu...
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Saturday, 16 Mar, 2013
Glancing over the headlines about Yemen today, one might be forgiven for thinking the country is an amalgamation of ‘Al-Qaeda,’ ‘radical,’ ‘drone strikes,’ ‘US,’ ‘CIA’ and ‘UN.’ Alternative stories that detail the country’s heritage, culture and people are either non-existent or swallowed up by the continual stream of violence and unpleasant incidents. As an outsider, it is difficult to understand what Yemenis think about the situations affecting them, as much as it is ...
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Monday, 11 Mar, 2013
As the jewel in a rather unpleasant dictatorship’s crown, Almaty was perhaps a strange choice of venue for the latest round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran two wee...
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Tuesday, 20 Nov, 2012
The front pages of the world’s major newspapers and the coverage of satellite news channels and websites have been dominated by stark footage and images of the fighting in Syria ...
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Perhaps one of the greatest misperceptions about Anglo-American relations with respect to the Gulf region during the Cold War is that both nations were united by their “special...
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Monday, 15 Oct, 2012
Like much in British history, this is a story with two radically discordant sides. On one side are the machinations of a declining colonial power, played out in the grand build...
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Thursday, 5 Jul, 2012
The Lord Garden Memorial Lectures are given annually by the Liberal International British Group to commemorate Tim Garden, a former Director of Chatham House. On 21 Ju...
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Friday, 29 Jun, 2012
The new peace initiative from the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has already run into trouble, receiving criticism from both the Syrian government and the rebel...
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Monday, 21 May, 2012
This article does not in any sense recommend military intervention in Syria. But it is essential that hypothetical options are considered systematically as much to inform decis...
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Thursday, 8 Mar, 2012
The crisis in Syria continues to be the focus of foreign governments who are anxious of the humanitarian situation, but doubtless also worried about the political fallout and d...
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