Sarkozy needs a crash course in diplomacy. He could far worse than enrol in Damascus, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
With an American president on one side, huffing and puffing impatiently, and a French president on the other playing at being Bush, (...)
If the US believes that by cheap ploys it can enlist Damascus as a subservient ally it had better think again, writes Emad Fawzi Shueibi*
In political science, a peaceful negotiating climate is a prerequisite for lasting stability and peaceful (...)
The French president wants to put a buffer between Europe and the Islamic world by patronising an arc of preferred Middle Eastern states, writes Emad Fawzi Shueibi*
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his people have had an idea and they want to (...)
Emad Fawzi Shueibi* examines the repositioning of America's right wing as US fortunes in Iraq go from bad to worse
The question in the US is no longer whether US forces will exit Iraq, but when. Will troop withdrawals begin in March 2008, as was (...)
The logic of Syrian realpolitik now seems to be paying off, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
The Syrians have been caught in the worst tempest in their modern history. Instead of being a major player in a regional conflict, they found themselves in the (...)
Foreign pressures continue to bear down on Syria, though Damascus knows that geopolitical regional balances are on its side, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
Washington's squeeze campaign on Damascus, set into motion since the fall of Baghdad, stemmed (...)
Detlev Mehlis' initial report on the assassination of Rafik Al-Hariri raises new political scenarios in the Middle East. Al-Ahram Weekly provides special in-depth coverage and expert analysis on the various political and legal issues stemming from (...)
With Damascus offering to restart the Israeli peace talks without any preconditions, Emad Fawzi Shueibi determines the US and Israeli response
Terry Rod Larsen, the United Nations envoy for Middle East Affairs, hailed Syrian President Bashar (...)