Since early 2011, when the so-called Arab Spring came about and the violence that ensued started plaguing the Arab world as in no other time in recent memory, people have been asking one question: What has happened?Observers point out to a plethora of causes.I am suggesting three

There are essentially two ways of tackling matters: in sequence or in parallel.

People in our society primarily fall into four categories: those who believe wholesale, those who reject wholesale, those who show no concern or care and those who chew before they swallow.The latter are a tiny minority.We live in the information age.

Our culture is more backward than forward looking.While a lot is said about the past, mostly in nostalgic and therefore somewhat fallacious ways, very little is said about the future.Ours is a highly retrospective culture.Such nostalgia or retrospection is seen at work at many le

For how long are we to talk about “obstacles” to investment? Since the late 1970s, i.e., for about four decades now, we have been citing obstacles to investment as a major problem. Many meetings, conferences, TV programmes, articles tackled this matter, all stressin

Terror is plaguing many countries in our region, like never before. Several countries — Iraq, Syria, Libya and now Yemen — are falling apart as states due to the emergence of terror groups such as Daesh, Al Qaeda and many others who are waging wars and occupying terr

The chances for Palestinian-Israeli peace are utterly grim, if not entirely impossible. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, backed by enough radicals and racists in Israel to have him re-elected for a fourth term, openly declared what he believes but had hid all along: th

Commentators on the outcome of Israeli elections, both in the Arab world and abroad, have been quick to point out the obvious: that the re-election of the Likud and several far-right parties is neither in the interest of Palestinian-Israeli peace nor in the interest of stability

Those of us who wish for a peaceful Middle East found Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the US Congress on Tuesday and the response to it by both the jolly congressmen in attendance and the un-amused Obama administration troubling on at least three coun