Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

07 April 2017
This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by Global Policy and Arab Digest, and edited by Hugh Miles and Alastair Newton. Freely available…
27 March 2017
Nick Stadtmiller argues that Saudi Arabia's underlying social contract will soon need to be renegotiated. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-…
27 March 2017
Cornelius Adebahr explores why the EU-Iran relationship cannot prosper if the Iran-US relationship deteriorates. While the streets of the Iranian capital are in a Nowruz lull, the…
21 March 2017
Meir Javedanfar explores Iran's challenging future. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by Global Policy and Arab Digest, and…
13 March 2017
Tom Dinham argues that Western observers of Egypt need to understand that a large part of the current predicament faced by the liberal forces behind the revolutions of 2011 and…
08 March 2017
Bill Law argues that the promise of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry to examine the violence of 2011 has nearly been forgotten. This is a chapter from the e-book…
02 March 2017
This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by Global Policy and Arab Digest, and edited by Hugh Miles and Alastair Newton. Freely available…
01 March 2017
David B Roberts explores how the monarchies have reacted to their increasingly ambiguous relationship with the US. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East…
15 February 2017
Using the case of Israel and the PLO, George Joffé explores the importance of empathy to any negotiating process. This is a chapter from the e-book 'The Future of the Middle East…
03 February 2017
Azzam Tamimi explores the likely implications of the Arab Springs' counter-revolutions. This is a chapter in the E-book 'The Future of the Middle East' co-produced by…