Why Syria’s Regime is Doomed?
Even though the Syrians have now accepted an Arab League proposal to send observers to Syria, the killing continues. It seems astounding that some five thousand people have been killed in the nine...
View ArticleNo one lifts a finger to stop Assad
February 8. A two-year old boy lies on an operating table at a hospital in Homs besieged by the forces of President Assad. He is dead. The house where he lived with his parents was hit by a government...
View ArticleRussia is not completely wrong about Syria
Russia has been roundly criticised for vetoing a draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at stopping the violence in Syria and ousting President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow is reluctant to give up on...
View ArticleIndia Joins the West to Call for End of Violence in Syria
In the winter of its Arab Spring, Syria has become the center of a geopolitical showdown. Dogged by a persevering opposition stilted by the West and the Arabs, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has...
View ArticleQatar: Geopolitical Cosmopolitanism
Qatar topped the Middle East rankings in the just-released 2012 MasterCard Worldwide Index for Consumer Confidence. To those who have followed the trajectory of this nation, it comes as no surprise...
View ArticleLeadership in the Syrian imbroglio
The continuing manoeuvring around the use of chemical weapons in Syria has raised interesting questions of what constitutes leadership. Unfortunately, the dominant view of leadership is not peacemaking...
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