Iran-Venezuela after Chávez, still an indissoluble bond?
There was national mourning and a ceremony in a Catholic church in Tehran to sanctify the ties with the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez, the president who, according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “was the symbol…
Pakistan beyond liberal and conservative: Ayesha Siddiqa
As Pakistan battles with militancy, part of the war is also being fought in the arena of ideas. In order to fight militancy, some argue, Pakistani society has to win hearts and minds…
China-Africa relations: looking beyond the critics
Africa is lacking a clear and unified policy in terms of how it relates to China. In developing further social, economic and political ties with China, African leaders must develop a coherent and…
Safe to speak? The challenges of democracy and press freedom in Turkey
On March 18 a symbolic funeral march was staged in front of Turkey’s historic left-wing newspaper, the Milliyet, for the silent “death” of one of its most honorable authors. Hasan Cemal, 69 years,…
Africa today: Reflections on resilience
The African humanity currently generates, overwhelmingly, the capital resource that at once sustains it and is exported to the Western world. The notion that Africans are in any way dependent on a European/Western…
Orientalism in Africa? The ICC and the case of Laurent Gbagbo
Let us imagine for a moment that at the November 1945 Nuremburg trials, which were held so as to condemn those responsible for instigating World War II and the Holocaust, a Prosecutor decided,…
The Jamhuriyat Road to Taksim Square: Shilpi Suneja
The evening of 3 June, 2013 was the first time I’d experienced the sting of pepper spray. I was walking on Cumhuriyet Caddesi near Taksim Square in central Istanbul, where, for the past…
¿Democracia o capitalismo?
El engaño de las soluciones ficticias llegó a su fin, en 2008, y se esclareció quién había ganado el conflicto distributivo: el capital. ¿La prueba? El repunte de las desigualdades sociales y el…
Syria, on the ground: divided oppositions and an uncertain future for minorities
Roger Owen, Professor of Middle East history at Harvard University authored, among many books, two classics on the history of the region: State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle…
Red Ant Dream – A review
In the Islamic interpretation of dreams, to dream about insects means a weaker people organizing themselves to win something over. Sanhati, May 25, 2013. By Azaan Javaid. Organization is both loved and loathed…
