The Libyan war broke up more than five months ago. The United Nations Security Council resolution no. 1973, approved last March, authorized a no-fly zone in Libya and air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi, in order both to end the war and to protect (...)
When the Arab awakening broke out in Tunisia, followed by Algeria and Egypt, Western countries were worried about Islamic fundamentalism. Western publics were told that a new Iranian revolution was near, and the USA and EU did not openly support the (...)
Last month, the 12th economic five-year plan of the Chinese Popular Republic was approved; the last in a series that began with the first plan approved by Mao Tse Tung in 1953. What is surprising with this is that a new green economy seems to be (...)
CAIRO: If we analyze the “revolution of 25th of January,” which caused the collapse of former President Hosni Mubarak's regime, it is not difficult to find some similarities with the 1979 Iranian revolution.
In the Egyptian case the “last (...)
There are at least four reasons why the Yemen crises can have remarkable international effects.
First of all, it can have economic consequences because of the eventual obstacles to oil trade in the Red Sea. Every day 3.5 million barrels of oil (...)
