Down with the Benevolent Dictator! But what is to come thereafter?
What will replace these dictatorial regimes once the Arab Spring is over? This is a question luring in the background that is vital to answer. It all relies on how these states transition, aside from the fact that many of these countries, like Libya, are suffering from a power vacuum, which can and has led [...]
Egypt’s best double-agent
The recent demise of Hosni Mubarak will maybe usher a new era in relations between Egypt and Israel. Thirty-three years after the signing of the Camp David Accords, it can be useful to look back at an aspect of the Yom Kippur War that is often neglected: the Egyptian deception campaign that enabled the Israeli [...]
Middle-East Crisis: Rethinking the deeper causes and the current interpretations
It is not new that for a long time now many discussions have been raised about the nature and the success of the current peacebuilding agenda and about the correlation of peace and development. Hence, before starting analyzing the specific cases of the ongoing middle-east crisis it would be useful to set the general [...]
Restricted journalism
Exchanging stories is fundamental to human existence. Especially when civil rights movements are underway at home and abroad as the effects of unnecessary cuts start to hit home. We can see this in the all too many links to interesting stories posted by friends via social networking sites. With the speed and ease of communication [...]
Gaza: One small step towards the breaking of the siege
Exactly one year after the “Operation Cast Lead” in December 2008, where 1400 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli war crimes, 1400 international peace activists from more than 40 countries gathered with the one common aim to break the siege of Gaza in a non-violent freedom march against the ongoing blockade, which forces the 1.5 million inhabitants of [...]
