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Articles of the author Amin Howeidi
That list of dormant threats
Prudence is essential to the high politics of state, but so too, once in a while, is proactive action against perils ahead, writes Amin Howeidi* On Police Day President Hosni Mubarak made a speech in which he pledged to protect Egypt's safety and (...)

12 - 03 - 2009
Not as mighty now
While some saw Israel's war on Gaza as an attempt to restore Israel's military cache, it was Israeli deterrence that was the final victim of Israel's failed offensive, writes Amin Howeidi* If there is anything to learn from Operation Cast Lead, the (...)

26 - 02 - 2009
Battle without end
Israel is founded on and lives by force, and this is the main problem, writes Amin Howeidi Operation Cast Lead, it was called. A silly codename for what turned out to be a massacre. Israel says it attacked Gaza to stop Hamas from firing rockets. I (...)

12 - 02 - 2009
Shoe of dignity
With only his shoes, one Iraqi took from the outgoing US president something priceless: his dignity, writes Amin Howeidi Everyone saw it on television, some liking it more than others. To me the whole shoe affair is a reminder that might is not (...)

08 - 01 - 2009
Their and our democracy
The US elections but underline that the Arab region has far to go on the path to political freedom, writes Amin Howeidi* Miracle of miracles! A black man is master of the White House. If anything, this tells us that the American people have turned a (...)

03 - 12 - 2008
Choose your region
Iran is no enemy in the region, and neither is Turkey, writes Amin Howeidi* With all the changes taking place in the international order, it is perhaps time to take another look at our regional system and fiddle with it a little bit. I have a vision (...)

20 - 11 - 2008
Pirates of Bab Al-Mandab
It may sound fantastical, but pirates in the Red Sea are no joke and threaten Egyptian national interests, writes Amin Howeidi* Pirates have been hijacking ships for ransom off the coast of Somalia, a country suffering from an acute lack of law and (...)

06 - 11 - 2008
Wielding the stick
To deter is not synonymous with attack. But without the capability of the latter deterrence is an illusion, writes Amin Howeidi* Everything about deterrence, whether conventional or unconventional, fascinates me. Conventional arms, chemical and (...)

28 - 08 - 2008
Matters of policy
Diplomacy is about cat and mouse, and also about establishing the space of interactions, writes Amin Howeidi* Judging by Egypt's organising the African Union conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, the president's tour of South Africa and Uganda, and co- (...)

14 - 08 - 2008
The day after
Barring any unexpected developments, the Palestinians may have a state before the end of 2008. It will not be the best of states in the best of worlds. It will not match the historic realities of the region, nor will it reflect the true interests (...)

13 - 08 - 2008
The day after
The hard part begins when Palestinian aspirations for a state are realised, writes Amin Howeidi* Barring any unexpected developments, the Palestinians may have a state before the end of 2008. It will not be the best of states in the best of worlds. (...)

31 - 07 - 2008
Teachers in disgrace
Egypt's exam fraud scandal is indication of deeper problems below the surface, writes Amin Howeidi The leaking of the thanawiya aama (secondary school) examinations was nothing short of a national scandal. It is a disgrace not only to the education (...)

17 - 07 - 2008
Summits galore
All talk and no action is signature of Arab cooperation, writes Amin Howeidi* Arab summits are happening thick and fast, and all sound the same. The venues change, and sometimes the names, but the topics hardly do -- perhaps because our problems (...)

03 - 07 - 2008
Starved into submission
Hunger is already being used as a weapon. Soon, predicts Amin Howeidi*, it will become the weapon of choice Food and energy have been thrown into the same pot, so to speak. Since it was decided to use agricultural crops to produce biofuels the (...)

19 - 06 - 2008
The only hope
Back from the brink, Lebanon has much hard work ahead, writes Amin Howeidi* The Lebanese system is unique in that it is based on sectarian quotas giving every community a certain share in power. The political formula that exists in Lebanon today was (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
Bread troubles
Regardless of economic theories, final responsibility for the welfare of the people lies with the government, writes Amin Howeidi* Bread lines made the news of late when clashes among anxious consumers led to casualties. The government considered (...)

24 - 04 - 2008
Edge of the abyss
Permanent war is all that Israel can imagine, writes Amin Howeidi* Following the 1973 War, the Agranat Commission tried to ascertain why Israel was taken by surprise in the early hours of the war, and whose responsibility this was. Then Military (...)

10 - 04 - 2008
Stay in Gaza
Zionists would be only too happy for Palestinians in Gaza to move to Sinai, writes Amin Howeidi* The recent incident on our borders with Gaza is food for thought. Israel has been strangulating Gaza and starving its inhabitants in an act that is (...)

28 - 02 - 2008
Arab vaudeville
It used to be good for thrills and spills, but the Arab scene is no longer even laughable, writes Amin Howeidi* The Arab political scene has turned into something akin to an amusement park, a place where people queue up for a fun ride, or just to (...)

14 - 02 - 2008
Issues of management
While some see the numerous sit-ins of 2007 as political, in reality they are about how the system is running, not the basis upon which it runs, writes Amin Howeidi* 2007 was the year of sit-ins. As sit-ins kept taking place across the country, and (...)

31 - 01 - 2008
We need an Arab lobby
We know that the Israel lobby is powerful, but do nothing concrete to counterbalance it, writes Amin Howeidi* Egypt said it wouldn't accept any strings attached to the aid it receives from the US. It wasn't the first time for Egypt to say so, or for (...)

17 - 01 - 2008
Gainful associations
Amin Howeidi muses at how political and economic interests have always dictated the rise and fall of global alliances In the days of the shah, they called it the "Persian Gulf". In the days of the Ayatollahs, it was still named the "Persian Gulf." (...)

03 - 01 - 2008
After they exit
Arabs should prepare for the shockwaves that would follow from a partial or full US withdrawal from Iraq, the latter of which appears inexorable, writes Amin Howeidi* In my last article I discussed Iran, still a major flashpoint in the region. (...)

08 - 11 - 2007
Flashpoint Iran
US plans for Iran are the same as those it had for Iraq: break a military threat to Israel, writes Amin Howeidi* Even in a turbulent Middle East, Iran manages to stand out for brinkmanship. But why is the Middle East simmering with one crisis after (...)

25 - 10 - 2007
Peace preparations
The keys to peace lie in Arab hands, writes Amin Howeidi* As the end of his second term in office approaches, President George Bush has decided to call for a peace conference to address the intricate problems of our war-plagued, justice-deprived (...)

30 - 08 - 2007
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