Not a cry of despair from a columnist who would rather avoid his weekly duty.
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Abdel-Moneim Said repurposes the political science concept of confidence-building measures.
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Abdel-Moneim Said takes a long view on Trump’s plan for Gaza
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Abdel-Moneim Said diagnoses Israel’s current ailment.
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War is usually waged between two sides. If the war is “cold”, all instruments of power can be brought to bear, from spying to arms racing and from forming pacts and alliances to competing for spheres of influence and notching up pressure on the adversary and its allies. Everything is permissible short of open, direct conflict.
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Abdel-Moneim Said sums up Washington’s last meeting on the war on Gaza
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Abdel-Moneim Said seeks inspiration in pre-Islamic history.
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Abdel-Moneim Said moves from the Middle East to the Eurasian Steppes.
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The central dilemma of the fifth Gaza war is that both Israel and Hamas have reached a dead end.
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Abdel-Moneim Said discusses the difficult task of managing ethnic and confessional differences in the Arab world.
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Abdel-Moneim Said sums up the current impasse in the Palestinian situation.
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Abdel-Moneim Said is disappointed with the current state of the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Abdel-Moneim Said resumes his crossroads analogy of the last two weeks
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Abdel-Moneim Said summarises the Egyptian position on what is being proposed for the region
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Abdel-Moneim Said parses the notion of power and what it involves on the ground
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Abdel-Moneim Said broaches a frightening topic
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Abdel-Moneim Said hails the advent of a new age.
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The US has returned to the Middle East, ready to deal with both its conflicts and peace efforts.
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Abdel-Moneim Said returns to Samuel Beckett’s famous play to analyse the present global moment.
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The value of peace grows when a nation realises its destiny.
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