China’s Team of Rivals
Cheng Li the two dozen senior politicians who walk the halls of Zhongnanhai, the compound of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership in Beijing, are worried. What was inconceivable a year...
Is China the New America?
Harold James The pressure to engage in large-scale fiscal stimulation is also likely to alter the balance of China's economic development. The Chinese model of capitalism is very different...
Welcoming Message from the Editor
Antony Ou It is my pleasure to welcome you to the commencement of the China Focus of the Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN). I would like to...
Constraints on Aid Conditionality: The case of the European Commission and the Palestinian Authority
The international community has come in for a great deal of criticism in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and especially within the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since the 1967...
Syria’s Propaganda War
Both sides in the Syrian conflict — and all the Middle Eastern powers — are manipulating events and rumours for their own purposes. Media access to hard facts is limited...
Syria Divides the Arab Left
The violence deepens and spreads. Yet unlike Egypt and Tunisia, the Syrian revolt has not had unanimous support from the Arab left. There is a split between those who sympathise...
Israel’s Fear of Democracy in the Middle East
This month Egypt, known as the “mother of the Arab world” will, for the first time, hold a free and transparent Presidential election. This election will have a great impact...
Clouds of War over Middle East? Why an Attack against Iran is Impossible
It is obvious that Iran seeks a bigger share in the distribution of power in a post Cold War Middle East, especially now that the U.S. retreats its troops from...
Thucydides and the Arab League: for Want of a Lesson
BY JACK SIGMAN | JUNE 08, 2012 The struggle for Palestine is both one of the most contentious and one of the longest lasting conflicts of the modern era....
A “WMD-Free” Middle East – Is A Disarmed Israel Even Desirable For The Region?
While the preparations for next year’s UN conference on a Middle East Nuclear & WMD Free Zone are underway, commentators are already expressing pessimism as to the possibility of such...
Staging the Motions of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Syria?
Organised by the Arab League and attended by around 70 countries, the Friends of Syria Conference in Tunis on 24 February 2012 was probably one of the last chances for...
Iran’s Prospects in the Event of War with the United States and the West
Comments (1) Yemen 'after' Saleh: Let the Crises Continue? After months of uncertainty about Ali Abdullah Saleh’s sincerity to step down from his post as Yemen’s president, he was...
Yemen ‘after’ Saleh: Let the Crises Continue?
After months of uncertainty about Ali Abdullah Saleh’s sincerity to step down from his post as Yemen’s president, he was confirmed on 22 January 2012 to have left the country...
Israel: The Risk of a New War with Arab Countries
Cairo has recently concurred with the request of Tel Aviv to increase the military deployment in this zone to 1,000 troops, seeking to restore security in the area, which is...
Syria: It’s Not Too Late for a Historic Reconciliation
Written by IBRAHIM AL-AMIN It is worth going back over the Arab press archive of the past six months. Not to compare what everyone has been saying. But to illustrate...