The societies of the Arabian Peninsula are becoming increasingly detached from the rest of the Arab world, writes Tarek Osman
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The mix of powerlessness and anger in today’s Arab world is one result of the conflicts and civil wars the region has seen over recent decades.
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The major socio-political projects that emerged in the Arab world over the past century have left opposing legacies for the future.
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The Arabs have been losing influence at all the peripheries of the Arab world, writes Tarek Osman
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Israel’s strategic successes over the past 15 months have come at the cost of major challenges, writes Tarek Osman
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Iran’s presence in the Eastern Mediterranean has been dealt a powerful blow as a result of changing conditions in the region, writes
Tarek Osman
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Turkey is returning to the Middle East in pursuit of a dimension of its identity that has been in the shadows over the past century, writes Tarek Osman
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Amidst the strategic changes underway in the Middle East today, many are asking whether there is one or several Arab worlds, writes Tarek Osman
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Six changes are underway in the Arab world that raise important questions about their meaning and the future of the region, writes Tarek Osman
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Europe must confront the fear that is haunting it if it is to face the future with clarity and confidence, writes Tarek Osman
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Tarek Osman discusses Europe’s political landscape
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America has been experiencing a new type of fear over recent decades, leading it to confront some difficult choices, writes Tarek Osman in the last in a series of articles
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The past decade has seen the introduction of fear into the American psyche, a new phenomenon largely alien to the country’s collective history, writes Tarek Osman
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The American experience in the Arab world has gone from romanticism to realpolitik over the past two centuries, with many Arab eyes now increasingly looking east, writes Tarek Osman
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There are two major considerations regarding America’s positioning in Asia, both having to do with its view of China, writes Tarek Osman
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America has begun to see China as a civilisation rather than merely a Communist regime, representing a major change in its strategic thinking, writes Tarek Osman
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Tarek Osman takes a long view at the US in the light of the changing global conditions
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War the US may have missed the peace dividend that should have guaranteed its economic prosperity and unchallenged place in the world.
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The last decade of the 20th century witnessed America’s dominion over the rest of the world, while the first decade of the 21st witnessed its growing confusion.
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Victory in the Cold War opened a new phase in America and for the country in the rest of the world, writes Tarek Osman
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