Austin Bay: the 4 strategic challenges of this year
Austin Bay At the start of 2022, four strategic challenges to the post-WWII international order generate psychological ambiguity – that is, simple human fear – which promotes ethnic and sectarian slaughter and sows gender. bloody “proxy” wars that degenerate into major regional wars. Warning to all who care about planet Earth: when major regional wars …
The Lebanese elections of 2022 … an exceptional moment
Some friends, as they commented on the results of the 2009 parliamentary elections, reminded me that Hezbollah “broke its promise … ‘whoever wins should rule.’ Instead, he imposed his blockade third party on the first government formed after the elections, only to overthrow it when the head of that government, Saad Hariri, entered the White …
Lebanon archaeological crisis and status of antiquities – HeritageDaily
Sacred, historic, ancient and breathtaking. These are some of the first words that come to mind when you see the priceless antiques and archaeological sites in Lebanon. A country so rich in history, it has some of the most inhabited cities in the world and archaeological sites from Roman times. The anthropological heritage of the …
International coalition thwarts rocket attacks in Syria
The US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria said on Tuesday it thwarted an attack in the northeastern region of Deir Ezzor, the day after the second anniversary of the murder of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. After spotting “several indirect fire rocket launch sites that posed an imminent threat,” coalition forces “carried out strikes to eliminate …
Difficult year ahead for much of the OIC | Salaam Gateway
There will be a lot to discuss at the General Secretariat of the 35th OIC Session of the Islamic International Crescent Committee (ICCI) on January 5th. Although there are pockets of stability and socio-economic development in the OIC, especially the most economically developed Gulf countries and Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia and Indonesia, the challenges …
Critics Choice foreign language contestants give voice to global protest
Red jumpsuits, Salvador Dalí’s masks and the revolutionary Italian anti-fascist hymn “Bella Ciao” are no longer simply elements that make up the iconoclastic Spanish drama “Money Heist”. They managed to bleed themselves out in real life as many protesters – from the hit show’s home country to Lebanon, Indonesia and beyond – imbued these motives …
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Iranian influence “declining but not suppressed” two years after Suleimani’s assassination
Two years have passed since the Trump administration ordered the assassination of senior Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in the hope of not only sending a message to Iran, but also halting much of the ambitions. of Iran in the region. While the general’s death apparently did little to stop Iran’s regional ambitions, his absence certainly …
COVID conspiracy groups could step up to climate disinformation in 2022
Henry Jones wrote the following article in The Independent: Covid-19 conspiratorial groups could pivot to push climate misinformation in 2022, experts have warned. Ciaran O’Connor, an analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), told the PA news agency that coronavirus misinformation on topics such as vaccines and blockages may shift to focus on politics …
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With January 6 on the way, is democracy dying?
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: A protester is seen inside the United States Capitol on January 06, 2021 … [+] in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 victory over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators have said they will reject Electoral College votes in several …
Natasha Gasparian on Aref El Rayess
In his 1968 review of “Blood and Freedom”, an exhibition by Arref El Rayess (1928-2005) opened in the aftermath of the Six Day War, journalist Walid Shmait noted formal inconsistencies in the artist’s work. . He observed: “The path of revolution, for El Rayess, is divided in its appearances but is unified in concept and …