Artiklar • januari 24, 2012
By Mohamad Zakaria
This year is expected to have some major political events worldwide that may shape the world years to come. Such examples are the management of the ongoing economic crisis in the USA and Europe, the outcome of the presidential elections in almost half of the permanent members of the Security Council (SC), the consequences of the ongoing “Arab Spring”, and the extent of the tension between Iran and the other major powers.
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Artiklar • januari 19, 2012
By Elena Krivovyaz
Late in October an ordinary official meeting of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev with students at MSU turned into a wide-scale scandal. Though national and state-related media mostly ignored the event, the debates regarding the issue on the internet and on the Russian blogosphere were still on.
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Artiklar • januari 12, 2012
By Meenakshi Malik
Society has increasingly become xenophobic, and in an atmosphere of both war and monetary difficulties, it has almost become a habit to blame most of the troubles on “illegal aliens” or “terrorists”. They are apparently destroying this western society through no fault of the society itself.
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Artiklar • december 5, 2011
By Mohamad Zakaria
Part 3 of 3.
Bahrain
In Bahrain, the uprising has been largely silenced with the help of the national Bahraini troops and later on also with some help of the troops that were sent by the neighbouring Gulf Arab States to support the Bahraini national army.
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Artiklar • december 2, 2011
By Mohamad Zakaria
Part 2 of 3.
Morocco
In Morocco, the King of Morocco has introduced some successful reforms after the demonstrations of the Moroccans have demanded so earlier this year. There was recently a parliamentary election which was judged as fair, free, and transparent by the national and international observers watching the election’s process. The Islamist party, Justice and Development Party, which is said to be moderate Islamic political party, and received the highest votes (27%) among the other political parties, of the eligible Moroccan citizens whose turn out for this election was 45%. The King of Morocco has nonetheless still the main power, including commanding the army and dealing with religious affairs.
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Artiklar • november 30, 2011
By Mohamad Zakaria
Part 1 of 3.
Almost a year has gone of what is known as ”The Arab Spring” started in a small town in Tunisia and since then has spread to other countries in the region. One year ago it was rather impossible to even imagine that within a period of a year three Arab leaders would be taken off power mainly by their own citizens. Those three leaders ruled with an iron fist and they were preparing their relatives to inherit the leadership. The Western governments were taken largely by surprise when the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions started (which we now know have succeeded, to some extent). They are now trying to take more advantage of the revolutions although they did not plan nor supported them initially. However, it is yet to be seen how much they will succeed in that. This opinion article summarises the outcomes and challenges of a year old ”Arab Spring”.
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Artiklar • oktober 23, 2011
By Mohamad Zakaria
On 18 October 2011, 477 Palestinian prisoners would be released from the Israeli prisons in exchange with Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by many Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip and held for 5 years. According to the agreement, another 550 Palestinian prisoners will be released in a two months period. This is a happy day for the Palestinians and many of the Israelis, a rare situation when you see both parties happy because of an event.
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