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Fouad Hamdan is optimistic for Tunisia: “The explosion of newfound freedoms since President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14 after a three-week uprising is something no one can ever take away from Tunisians. If there is any consensus, it is that the hard-won freedom of expression is inviolable… “Despite [...] As the Syrian regime continues its violent crackdown on demonstrators, there are reports of dissension in the ranks: “Syrian security forces have killed at least six people and wounded dozens in raids across the country, as tanks and armoured vehicles rolled into various flashpoint areas, according to human rights groups… “There have been consistent [...] Yesterday was a day of protest in Bahrain. Part of the background to this is Shaykh Isa Qasem’s warning to the royal family that they could face the same fate as Muammar Qadhafi if they fail to reform: “The sermon by Sheik Isa Qassim was attended by thousands of worshippers, and was a show [...] As I write, it is crystal clear that Moammar Qadhafi’s 42-year rule of Libya has come to an end, and he himself will likely be captured, killed or fled before the evening is out. Yesterday I commented that the best case scenario was for an uprising against him in Tripoli itself to go with [...] In recent months, observers of the south Caucasus have been concerned about rising tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as negotiations over the status of the latter’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh go nowhere. Most recently, Karabakh’s top military commander has been advertising a build-up: “The commander of Armenian-backed forces in the breakaway Azerbaijani region of [...] Mariann Ormholt looks at al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring: “A study on al-Qaeda in the Arab Spring by Juan Zarate and David Gordon of Washington’s Centre for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, suggests a number of other reasons why al-Qaeda has been sidelined in the uprisings… “Nonetheless, al-Qaeda leaders have quickly sought to try [...] Maria Fantappie looks at the relationship between Nouri al-Maliki and the Sadr movement in Iraq: “In 2007, Maliki’s forces drove the Sadrists’ Mehdi army out of Basra. Although allied in the central government, Maliki and the Sadrists are once again competing, but this time through political rather than military means… “The Sadrists rely on [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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