Hillary Clinton – the ideal choice in normal circumstances (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/11/18/Hillary-Clinton-the-ideal-choice-in-normal-circumstances.html

Reading into Morocco’s successes (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/24/Reading-into-Morocco-s-successes.html

The tragedy of Aleppo and the Syrian people (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Although Syria’s tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a “black comedy” joke.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/17/The-tragedy-of-Aleppo-and-the-Syrian-people.html

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Syria will be the first task for Antonio Guterres (Raghida Dergham)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/09/Syria-will-be-the-first-task-for-Antonio-Guterres.html

Iranian trusteeship with Israel’s blessings (Eyad Abu Shakra)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Iranian-Trusteeship-with-Israel-s-Blessings.html

Why Hillary Clinton is exactly what the Middle East needs (Azeem Ibrahim)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Why-Hillary-Clinton-is-exactly-what-the-Middle-East-needs.html

Trump goes to the gutter in debate: It won’t save him (Joyce Karam)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/10/10/Trump-goes-to-the-gutter-in-debate-It-won-t-save-him.html

The problems facing America’s Republicans and Britain’s Labour (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2016/08/04/The-problems-facing-America-s-Republicans-and-Britain-s-Labour.html

The right way to ‘dry up’ the sources of terror (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

The terrorist attacks that recently targeted Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, and before them, those targeting Istanbul-Ataturk Airport in Turkey, Paris and Brussels – without forgetting the tragedies shaking the Middle East states – are outrages that underline the world’s duty to confront criminal terror perpetrated under ‘Islamic’ banners. Verbal condemnations are no longer acceptable and solid actions are now the only answer.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/07/20/The-right-way-to-dry-up-the-sources-of-terror.html

Greater Kurdistan – the dream and reality (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/27/Greater-Kurdistan-the-Dream-and-the-Facts.html

The Syrians are waiting for November (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/20/The-Syrians-are-waiting-for-November.html

It is a war against Sunni Arabs (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/06/09/It-is-a-war-against-Sunni-Arabs.html

A strong message from London against the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Last Thursday morning I voted early in the London suburb where I live, before taking the train to my office in Central London.

To be frank, a few weeks before election day I was not very keen to vote, given how many times I have been disappointed with politics during the last 15 years. During this period I almost lost all trust in politicians, especially, when they claim “the high moral ground” and start lecturing ethical values and human rights

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/20/A-strong-message-from-London-against-the-Clash-of-Civilizations-.html

Welcome realism and goodbye comfort zones (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Few Americans and Europeans, I reckon, have heard of Wa’el Al-Halqi; and not many Arabs have either. For those interested, Dr Al-Halqi is the Syrian regime’s Prime Minister, who announced to the media a couple of weeks ago that ‘the countdown for the liberation of Aleppo’ had started

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/12/Welcome-realism-and-goodbye-comfort-zones.html

What is Russia up to now in Syria? (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Those following the “Syrian Uprising” and its repercussions during the last five years have been torn between two positions: the first, giving international stances – especially, Russia’s – the benefit of the doubt based on the assumption that regardless of the strength of its alliance with a certain regime, no government would ever keep quiet about genocide. The second, and much more realistic, expected that at least Russia would stick with the Assad regime come what may.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/05/What-is-Russia-up-to-now-in-Syria-.html

The mirage of sovereignty and the bluff of national unity (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Both Iraq and Lebanon are currently living two big “lies”: sovereignty and national unity, and as the days go by, not only are the politicians in the two countries proving their ability to bluff their people, but also their ability to bluff themselves.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/28/The-mirage-of-sovereignty-and-the-bluff-of-national-unity.html

Sami Gemayel – A Lebanese political phenomenon (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

The Gemayel family, which produced several prominent Lebanese politicians, never really enjoyed nationwide support. The reason being that Sheikh Pierre Gemayel, the family’s “patriarch” founded a political party with candid sectarian overtones in 1936. Indeed, throughout Sheikh Pierre’s long leadership of the said party – called The Lebanese Phalanges – its ideological and political identities became ever more pronounced.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/04/21/Sami-Gemayel-A-Lebanese-political-phenomenon.html

The problem with the US elections’ extremes (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

The leading US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently announced his team of political, security and economic advisors; the – unfortunately interconnected – Middle East, Muslim world and terrorism files were given to Dr Walid Phares. On the Democratic side, Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee, decrying what she regarded as the DNC’s attempts to bolster the position of Hillary Clinton against Leftist Presidential challenger Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, subsequently joining the latter’s campaign.

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Time for Arabs to get off the fence (Eyad Abu Shakra, Arab News)

A few hours separated two events last week: The Arab League picked Ahmed Aboul-Gheit as new secretary-general and its foreign ministers labelled Hezbollah of Lebanon a terrorist organization.

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/900461

Iran’s costly, fake ‘democracy’ (Eyad Abu Shakra, Arab News)

Iranians are, of course, free to accept the Vali-e-Faqih brand of “democracy” or reject it. But such “exceptional democracy” is proving extremely costly to the Arab world.

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/889961

Obama’s problem with the Middle East Tango (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Last week I enjoyed reading an article by the American writer Thomas Friedman entitled ‘The Many Mideast Solutions’ about what Middle East the next U.S. president should expect to see. Before that, a friend of mine who is a senior researcher in International Affairs at a leading American university, commented on an article I had written about Henry Kissinger’s Middle East legacy; expressing his fear that the Obama Administration may be about to leave the Middle East lock, stock and barrel, concentrating instead on other areas, such as China.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/28/Obama-s-problem-with-the-Middle-East-Tango.html

Kissinger’s touches in the Middle East (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

Henry Kissinger, the doyen of American diplomacy and global strategies, does not like retirement. He believes he has never been out of touch with world affairs and still has a lot to offer in terms of finding solutions and eliminating any threats to the interests he defends. Actually, I believe wise Russians still remember his leading role behind Richard Nixon’s ‘opening up’ policy toward Communist China, which was an integral part of the calculations of the then U.S.-Soviet ‘bi-polar rivalry.’

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/14/Kissinger-s-touches-in-the-Middle-East-.html

Using hunger as a political tool in Syria (Eyad Abu Shakra, Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/16/Using-hunger-as-a-political-tool-in-Syria.html