| 1) | | Buy $ - When Arab republics turn into monarchies (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | The rising phenomenon of "non-monarchical family succession" in the Arab world, affecting countries like Syria, Libya and Egypt where official ideology would be expected to preclude such a possibility, continues to baffle analysts. But what can you really do if you are an Arab dictator who rose to power through a coup.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
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| 2) | | Buy $ - Keep the US 'freedom agenda' alive (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | Former Syrian parliamentarian and political prisoner Mamoun al-Homsi, Kurdish activist Djengizkhan Hasso of the Executive Council of the National Assembly of Kurdistan, and I recently met with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office. National Security Adviser Steven Hadley, Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams.
Monday, January 14, 2008 |
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| 3) | | Buy $ - Fighting despotism, armed with a keyboard and modem (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | When I launched my blog on February 6, 2005, I never imagined that it would become an obsession of mine or a mini-phenomenon for many people interested in the region. Yet within months of the beginning, it became clear to me that blogging was destined to become an integral part of my life, perhaps for the rest of my life, and a basic pillar of my activities.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
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| 4) | | Buy $ - The delusion of a dialogue with Syria (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | Despite frequent claims to the contrary, the fundamental problem in the Middle East is not intervention by the West. On the contrary, the real problem is that, for all their dabbling, the Western powers seem capable of neither war nor dialogue. This leaves everyone in the region at the mercy of the Middle East's oppressive regimes and proliferating terrorists.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 |
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| 5) | | Buy $ - Arab democrats are being abandoned (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | Now that the Democrats have won control of both the House and the Senate, President George W. Bush has finally succumbed to pressure and replaced his unpopular defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, with an old-school conservative, Robert Gates. Those advocating engagement with Syria and Iran over Iraq seem to have taken a major step.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
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| 6) | | Buy $ - In Bashar Assad's Syria, a growing passion for war (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | The rise of President Bashar Assad to power in Syria in 2000, which coincided with the collapse of the peace process and the rise of Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister, signaled a gradual return to Syrian policies of confrontation with the international community and Israel.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
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| 7) | | Buy $ - Syria's serial exporters of instability (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | What do the Assads of Syria think they are doing? Hardly a day goes by in the country without another activist being arrested, banned from traveling abroad, or sentenced to a long prison term. Occasionally, particularly in the case of alleged members of the Muslim Brotherhood, they are handed down a symbolic death sentence.
Saturday, July 08, 2006 |
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| 8) | | Buy $ - A new Iraq is forming in Syria (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | Although Syria has for long been hailed as one of the Arab world's most secular countries and the heart of Arab nationalism, its religious and ethnic diversity has always been more complex than this image suggests. The northeastern parts of Syria are inhabited mostly by Kurds and Assyrians, while the society's allegedly secular character has reflected, in reality.
Friday, November 25, 2005 |
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| 9) | | Buy $ - Bashar Assad's moment of truth is now (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | On Monday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1636 calling on the Syrian authorities to cooperate more fully with the UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Although the final version of the resolution failed to include sanctions, the possibility of "further action" and of sanctions being imposed.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
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| 10) | | Buy $ - For Syrian optimists, now is the time to reconsider (by Ammar Abdulhamid - Opinion) |
| | If the last five years in Syria have shown anything, it is that the country's Baath regime cannot accommodate serious reforms - economic, political or structural. As such, the lackluster nature of the recent Baath congress and its recommendations were not surprising. If anything, the Baath simply lived up to its, by now, well-established reputation as the party of missed opportunities and disappointments.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
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