Articles AR Politics International Relations 2011 As-Safir

لا زالوا يسعون الى الشرعية الخارجية !

They Are Still Seeking External Legitimacy!

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Regimes still prefer Western legitimacy over their people's — Gaddafi offers to bequeath his son with a constitution, and London is listening.

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Articles AR Politics 2011 As-Safir

درس في المهابة والاحترام

A Lesson in Dignity and Respect

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Lewis asks: "Why don't they fear us?" — the same question haunting every Arab ruler. Thanks to the youth who teach us not to fear tyranny.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2011 As-Safir

ضرب ايران وضروب الابتزاز

Striking Iran and Forms of Blackmail

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Netanyahu is a liar — Sarkozy to Obama. Israel's only project is permanent war, and the Iran threat is blackmail to bury everything else.

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Articles AR International Relations 2011 As-Safir

انها المؤامرة

It Is the Conspiracy

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How comfortable the conspiracy — always exposed, always succeeding. Yassin al-Hafez: instead of "conspiracy" say "interests"; instead of "victim" say "inability."

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2011 As-Safir

إنهـا المـؤامـرة

It Is the Conspiracy

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Conspiracy theory never discovers real conspiracies — Yassin al-Hafez's cure: replace "conspiracy" with "interests" and fight for them.

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Articles AR Politics 2010 As-Safir

الحكّام عندما يتحدثون عن اخطاء

When Rulers Talk About Mistakes

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Saleh admits "mistakes" in the south then threatens federalism with force — "no return of colonialism!" An Abu Dhabi Christmas tree: $11.5 million. No mistake there.

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Articles AR Political Economy Politics 2010 As-Safir

نفط وديمقراطية

Oil and Democracy

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Amidst events in Sudan, Kurdistan, and Yemen, this text links oil to the absence of democracy and wealth mismanagement, questioning how oil has become an obstacle to unity and a catalyst for separatism.

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Articles AR International Relations 2010 As-Safir

عدالة الامم المتحدة في تقرير امينها العام

United Nations Justice in Its Secretary General's Report

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One measure makes settler weapons an internal affair, another makes resistance weapons a regional threat — none of this relates to the tribunal.

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Articles AR History Politics 2010 As-Safir

عدالة الانقلابات

The Justice of Coups

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The tribunal has been Lebanonized: political accusation cut off investigation — civil wars bequeath the coup mentality to their heirs.

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Articles AR Political Economy 2010 As-Safir

سلاح النفط في المعركة… الاخرى

The Oil Weapon in the... Other Battle

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$60 billion in US jets on the eve of negotiations — the oil weapon no longer targets Israel but buys its protection, changing the combat doctrine.

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Articles AR International Relations 2010 As-Safir

العراق: خربوا البلد وهربوا

Iraq: They Destroyed the Country and Fled

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They destroyed the country and fled—150,000 dead, 4.7 million displaced, and Iraqis still clash with police over electricity.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

الفيلم البوليسي الطويل: سيناريو جديد

The Long Detective Film: A New Scenario

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Nasrallah's conference revealed the bias of the international investigation, which focused for five years on a single suspect, ignoring Israel's track record of assassinations, while presenting an alternative scenario.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

الانسحاب من العراق

The Withdrawal from Iraq

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The US withdrawal from Iraq is a managed process, not an end, linked to a series of diplomatic moves that pressure Palestinians and threaten Iran, all serving Israel's boundless security demands.

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Articles AR International Relations 2010 As-Safir

هل أن اسرائيل عبء استراتيجي على اميركا؟

Is Israel a Strategic Burden on America?

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Israel becomes a burden on America when Arabs become one — when they can force Washington to choose. What an Arab ruler holds back, Israel reaps tenfold. A fairy tale, dear Umm Amr.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

مفاوضات واشنطن: وبوسطة ناجي العلي

Washington Negotiations: With Naji al-Ali's Bus

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Abbas promised not to negotiate without progress—there was none, yet here he is. Naji al-Ali reminds us: the bus is broken and the road doesn't exist.

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Articles AR International Relations 2010 As-Safir

عندما تتحول القوة الى ضعف

When Strength Turns into Weakness

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Lieberman tells the truth: two years to Judaize Jerusalem, then "population exchange"—expelling '48 Palestinians. The Saudi king begs Obama to revive the initiative—just talk.

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Articles AR Politics 2010 As-Safir

امرأتان وكلمة سر واحدة

Two Women and One Password

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Helen Thomas from the White House, Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset — one password: Palestine is occupied, so why don't they go back?

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

التفاصيل الشيطانية ليست بتفاصيل

The Devil's Details Are Not Details

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When occupier and victim are placed on equal footing, the door opens to naked force — devilish details, but not mere details.

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Articles AR History 2010 As-Safir

التفاصيل الشيطانية – ليست بتفاصيل

The Devil's Details - Are Not Details

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Confidence-building puts occupier and victim on the same level—legitimizing raw force, not dialogue. The "devilish" details are not details at all.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

شقاء الامّة في مؤتمر القمّة

The Misery of the Nation at the Summit Conference

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Kings and presidents innocent of "committing" fair elections hail Iraqi elections—Saleh proposes an Arab union after turning his southerners from unity enthusiasts into partition advocates.

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Articles AR Politics International Relations 2010 As-Safir

إنتخابات العراق الدروس اللبناني

Iraq's Elections: The Lebanese Lessons

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The Americans imposed de-Baathification then reversed to rehabilitate the worst — Iraq's proportional system is the lesson Lebanon needs.

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Articles AR Politics 2010 As-Safir

اليمن في حروب الآخرين

Yemen in Others' Wars

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Two hours from the Afghanistan conference for Yemen—Sanaa demands $50 billion, America offers $63 million, and corruption swallows what arrives.

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Articles AR Political Economy 2010 As-Safir

أسواق وجدران وأبراج

Markets, Walls, and Towers

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The Berlin Wall fell and the world's biggest wall-building workshop opened—Israel's "devouring wall" steals land while segregating, and the Burj Khalifa is globalization's Babel.

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Articles AR International Relations 2009 As-Safir

العراق: هل مَن يريد للاميركيين ان يغادروا؟

Iraq: Does Anyone Want the Americans to Leave?

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The occupation punished a whole sect for a regime's crimes and convinced Iraqi forces to define themselves sectarianly. Who actually wants the Americans to leave?

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