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Abdullah Al Shayji
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Professor Abdullah Al Shayji is the Chairman of the Political Science Department - Kuwait University. He is a specialist in Gulf and US Politics. |
Recent Articles
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Sunday May 12
US inaction will push Syria into the abyss
The crisis is spiralling out of control and is threatening to turn into regional sectarian strife; it is already exhibiting itself in Lebanon and Iraq
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Sunday Apr 28
Syria President Bashar Al Assad has crossed enough ‘red lines’
The Obama administration and international community’s lack of resolve is emboldening the Syrian regime to continue inflicting atrocities on its people
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Sunday Apr 14
Lessons from the nuclear brinkmanship: From North Korea to the Gulf
The Gulf states hope that the US deals with Iran as resolutely as it has done with North Korea if Tehran attempts to intimidate its neighbours in the future
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Sunday Mar 31
Barack Obama’s shortsighted Middle East strategy will backfire: US President achieved nothing on a two-state solution or Syria
How high do the Middle East and its myriad crises and flashpoints figure in Obama’s foreign policy agenda?
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Saturday Mar 16
US needs a ‘reset’ in the Middle East
Obama’s landmark visit to the Middle East seems aimed at reassuring Israel on Iran and the Palestinian issue when the need of the hour is strong policy-making to address myriad political and security challenges
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Sunday Mar 3
Syrian maze is filled with hidden dangers
The ordinary Syrian is being victimised by sectarian divisions, complex politics and vested interests; the international community cannot look away any longer
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Sunday Feb 17
In search of Obama’s Middle East legacy
The Muslim world expected so much from Obama, but his presidency has nothing to show in terms of initiatives or a clear doctrine on the Middle East
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Monday Feb 4
Showing a sincerity of purpose
There is an urgent need in Obama’s last term to come up with a genuine initiative to move the Mideast peace process towards that lofty goal of a two-state solution
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Sunday Jan 20
Let Obama not squander a second chance
Any party, especially the Republican, will not connect with the new changing demographic landscape of the US if it fails to be inclusive and encompassing
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Friday Jan 11
Mulling a new architecture for Gulf security
The cold war between Iran and the GCC states seems to have put off any genuine rapprochement at this time between the two sides of the Gulf
All writers
- Abdel Bari Atwan
- Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdullah
- Abdullah Al Shayji
- Adel Safty
- Aijaz Zaka Syed
- Professor As'ad Abdul Rahman
- Faisal J. Abbas
- Faisal Al Qasim
- Farhan Bokhari
- Fawaz Turki
- Francis Matthew
- George S. Hishmeh
- Ghada Al Atrash
- Gordon Robison
- Jamal Al Shehhi
- Jaswant Singh
- Dr. Joseph A. Kechichian
- Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
- Khalaf Al Habtoor
- Kuldip Nayar
- Linda S. Heard
- Luc Debieuvre
- Manik Mehta
- Dr. Marwan Al Kabalan
- Mishaal Al Gergawi
- Dr. Mohammad Abdel Raouf
- Mohammad Akef Jamal
- Dr Mohammad Al Asoomi
- Muna Al Gurg
- Nasim Zehra
- Nidhal Guessoum
- Osama Al Sharif
- Patrick Seale
- Rahimullah Yusufzai
- Ramzy Baroud
- Sami Moubayed
- Shakir Noori
- Shashi Tharoor
- Sobhi Ghandour
- Stuart Reigeluth
- Sulaiman Al Hattlan
- Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
- Tanvir Ahmad Khan
- Tariq A. Al Maeena
- Tariq Osman Hyder
- Dr. Tariq Ramadan
- Vimala Madon
- Yasser Hareb
- Yuriko Koike
