Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa

Tag: Foreign Policy

  • 3 Years After The Arab Spring

    3 Years After The Arab Spring

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      It has been almost three years since the Arab Spring zoomed across the Arab world, into each and every country in the region and in the periphery as well. As I suspected from day one, the so-called ‘spring’ had no good promises. While it was supported by almost everyone outside the region, the intellectuals…

  • Shady Foreign Policy Magazine

    Shady Foreign Policy Magazine

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    In most cases it would be a ‘D’, but nothing better than a ‘C’. This is the grade I give two articles written by David Kenner and another by Josh Rogin in ‘Foreign Policy.’ They both came to Bahrain to attend the 8th IISS Regional Security Summit (Manama Dialogue), which ran from 7 to 9…

  • America’s Failed Palestinian Policy

    America’s Failed Palestinian Policy

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    By YOUSEF MUNAYYER Published: November 23, 2012 MORE than 160 Palestinians and 5 Israelis are dead, and as the smoke clears over Gaza, the Israelis will not be more secure and Palestinians’ hopes for self-determination remain dashed. It is time for a significant re-evaluation of the American policies that have contributed to this morass. The…