Posts Tagged ‘whither’

Whither India-Russia ties?

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) at press conference with  External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (R), Delhi, April 6, 2021 That is why today, any signalling that Modi has lost interest looks a cowardly behaviour and can be lethal to the India-Russia relationship… India has already given up its fascination for Russian energy and has […]

Whither Palestine? Non-violent resistance!

By Uri Avnery The closer Mahmoud Abbas gets to the end of his reign, the more extreme his language becomes. Recently he spoke about Donald Trump and uttered the words “May your house be destroyed”. In Arabic this is a common curse, and sounds less extreme than in English. But even in Arabic this is […]

Whither Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s “moderate” Islam?

By James M. Dorsey Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises questions about the scope of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s commitment to what he has termed “moderate” Islam. So does Saudi missionary activity in Yemen. The missionary activities suggest […]

US-Saudi nuclear talks: A barometer for whither the Middle East?

By James M. Dorsey Talks aimed at transferring US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia serve as an indicator of where the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is heading as well as the strength of the informal Saudi-Israeli alliance against Iran. The possible transfer could spark a new arms race in the Middle East and constitutes one explanation why […]

Whither Sarkozy’s ‘ancien regime’?

  Gideon RachmanFT.com August 15, 2011 The French debate about their national debt seems to have taken a new and faintly alarming turn. The lead article on the front page of yesterday’s Le Monde was headlined: “States and their debts: a brutal struggle since the Middle Ages”. In a sub headline, the paper proclaimed: “Declare […]

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