There is still doubt in the minds of serious people about Israel’s attack on the Free Gaza flotilla and the events that lead to the death of 9 of the activists aboard. There can be little surprise of…
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Iraq: nessun governo, ritiro delle truppe?
Published: 25/07/201025/07/2010
Original Version: No government, but troop withdrawals
Mentre i politici iracheni continuano a portare avanti la loro pericolosa politica del rischio calcolato per cercare di ottenere vantaggi nel prossimo esecutivo, le truppe combattenti americane si preparano ad…
IL FUTURO DELL’EGITTO
Published: 21/07/2010
Nel 2005, alle elezioni per il parlamento egiziano, i Fratelli Musulmani conquistarono 88 seggi diventando l’unica vera forza di opposizione al partito Partito Nazionale Democratico di Mubarak.
I Fratelli Musulmani, nati nel 1927…
Il Nilo: un serpente bicefalo con un pungiglione sulla coda
Published: 15/07/201015/07/2010
Original Version: Two-headed serpent with a sting in the tail
I cambiamenti climatici e le trasformazioni demografiche nell’Africa orientale sono all’origine dell’aspra disputa che vede Egitto e Sudan contrapporsi ai paesi a monte del Nilo – scrive…
Fadlallah – morte di una leggenda
Published: 14/07/201008/07/2010
Original Version: Death of a legend
Durante uno dei suoi sermoni del venerdì lo scorso gennaio, il Grande Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, deceduto domenica 4 giugno a Beirut all’età di 75 anni, aveva parlato ai suoi…
Riz Khan – Egypt’s Gaza crisis (video)
Published: 30/06/201030/06/2010 – Has Gaza’s humanitarian disaster become a political crisis for Egypt? A look at Egypt’s policies towards Gaza and whether or not its traditional leadership role is being eclipsed as a result (al-Jazeera English)
I malanni dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo
Published: 30/06/201003/06/2010
Original Version: Union woes
Due anni fa il presidente francese Nicolas Sarkozy sollecitò la creazione dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo (UPM). L’obiettivo era rendere il Mediterraneo un mare di pace e di prosperità attraverso la cooperazione economica di…
L’Egitto si confronta con il proprio ruolo nell’assedio di Gaza
Published: 30/06/201004/06/2010
Original Version: Egypt confronts its role in the Gaza blockade
L’aspetto positivo nella tragedia della brutale incursione di Israele contro la flottiglia di Gaza è un rinnovato senso di urgenza sulla necessità di togliere l’embargo imposto alla…
Egypt in awkward position on Gaza following Israeli attack on aid flotilla
Published: 30/06/2010GAZA CITY — With pressure building on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Egypt finds itself in the uncomfortable position of continuing to help enforce the siege while watching Turkey outflank the region’s traditional Sunni Arab heavyweights…
Egyptian analyst Howeidy: Turkey embarrassed Arab regimes
Published: 23/06/2010Egyptian political analyst Fahmy Howeidy has said most of the Arab governments are not happy with the Turkish role in the Middle East because of Turkey’s firm stance against Israel as opposed to the standing of the Arabic regimes.
“First…
Mubarak può sopravvivere alla ‘tempesta perfetta’?
Published: 16/06/201005/06/2010
Original Version: Can Mubarak weather a perfect storm?
Questa settimana, sotto le cupole in stile belle epoque del suo palazzo presidenziale, il sofferente leader egiziano Hosni Mubarak non deve aver sentito le folle ripetere il suo nome…
Turkey and the Freedom Flotilla
Published: 16/06/2010The disastrous Israeli interception of the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian relief for the people in Gaza marked a turning point in the history of the Middle East and in the history of Turkish-Israeli relations in particular. The incident sent unprecedentedly…
Conferenza sul Trattato di Non Proliferazione: vittoria di facciata, sconfitta sostanziale
Published: 08/06/201008/06/2010
Original Version: Victories of sorts
Israele è uscito sconfitto dalla Conferenza sul TNP, mentre l’Iran ne è uscito vincitore; ma è l’intero meccanismo del TNP che ormai non funziona – scrive il giornalista Graham Usher
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Partiti, movimenti, e prospettive per il cambiamento in Egitto
Published: 30/05/201030/05/2010
Original Version: Parties, Movements, and Prospects for Change in Egypt
Il Fronte Nazionale per il Cambiamento fondato da ElBaradei ha certamente rappresentato una novità per la scena politica egiziana, ma non è finora riuscito ad eliminare la…
Parties, Movements, and Prospects for Change in Egypt
Published: 27/05/2010Among the many ripple effects of the National Front for Change created by Mohamed ElBaradei in February 2010 is that it has made clear that there are at least two visions of political activism in Egypt, one reformist and the…
Conflitto nel bacino del Nilo
Published: 24/05/201024/05/2010
Original Version: Conflict in the Nile Basin
I paesi a monte del bacino del Nilo hanno minacciato di firmare un nuovo accordo, che mira a escludere l’Egitto e il Sudan e a ridistribuire le acque del Nilo;…
Contradictory Iran
Published: 24/05/2010I believe that the Spanish explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano ruined it for the rest of us. As second in command on Magellan’s expedition around the world, he completed the circumnavigation after the lead explorer’s death in the Philippines. As historic…
Medvedev in Damascus – Louder than words
Published: 22/05/2010Russian President Dmitri Medvedev visited Damascus last week to discuss with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad ways of strengthening political and economic ties between the two countries. During the short trip, the two leaders found time to discuss the stalled…
Egitto: restano le leggi di emergenza, resta la sfiducia nel governo
Published: 17/05/201017/05/2010
Original Version: As emergency law remains so does mistrust
L’ingiustificato prolungamento delle leggi di emergenza in Egitto non fa che screditare ulteriormente la presidenza Mubarak, mentre il paese si avvia verso le elezioni presidenziali del 2011 –…
Mubarak in a dilemma
Published: 17/05/2010DAMASCUS – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be receiving his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, in Cairo this May. The Syrian leader makes his first visit to Egypt in four years to congratulate Mubarak on a successful gall bladder operation performed…
East Africa seeks more Nile water from Egypt
Published: 16/05/2010Four East African states have signed an agreement to seek more water from the River Nile – a move strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan.
Under colonial-era accords, the two countries get 90% of the river’s water.
Upstream countries including…
Egypt’s state of emergency extended
Published: 15/05/2010The Egyptian parliament has voted to extend the state of emergency, which restricts constitutional protections and grants police extensive powers, for a further two years.
“The People’s Assembly has approved by a 308-member majority the presidential decree to extend the…
Il Cairo e Damasco: aspettative prive di sostanza
Published: 12/05/201005/05/2010
Original Version: القاهرة -دمشق: توقعات بلا مقومات
Sembra che la visita ormai attesa del presidente siriano Bashar al-Assad in Egitto sia un importante passo sulla strada del miglioramento dei rapporti fra i due paesi. Ma ciò non…
Reproduction of failure
Published: 12/05/2010At a time when the Obama administration is hailing the imminent resumption of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a “notable achievement”, very few observers in the region think that the upcoming talks will lead…
Playing peace to target Iran
Published: 05/05/2010In the last month Barack Obama has engaged in a blitz of nuclear diplomacy. He has reiterated his commitment to “a world without nuclear weapons”; issued a new military doctrine that reduces the amount and role of nuclear weapons in…
Obama sgomenta i sostenitori delle riforme in Egitto
Published: 30/04/201030/04/2010
Original Version: Obama dismays Egypt’s reform advocates
A più di un anno dall’elezione di Barack Obama come presidente degli Stati Uniti, i sostenitori delle riforme politiche e dei diritti umani nel mondo arabo stanno ancora cercando di…
Crisi sul Nilo
Published: 29/04/201029/04/2010
Original Version: Crisis on the Nile
Il disaccordo sulla gestione delle acque del Nilo, fra l’Egitto e il Sudan da un lato, e i paesi alle sorgenti del Nilo dall’altro, rischia di creare una grave crisi politica…
When will Iraq’s crisis end?
Published: 24/04/2010With no sign of the crisis over forming a new Iraqi government easing, a panel on Monday ordered a partial recount of the votes cast in last month’s national elections, further inflaming tensions that many fear could turn violent, with…
Splitting the atom
Published: 21/04/2010The curious political paradox of our time is that we’ve actually got a scintillating president in the Oval Office. 2010 could, by a wide stretch of the imagination, mark the beginning of the end as far as nuclear weapons are…
Egypt – Foiled protest
Published: 11/04/2010Since the small hours of Tuesday downtown Cairo has been awash with thousands of riot police packed in armoured trucks. Central security vans remained parked on side streets as Tahrir Square filled with uniformed riot police and plain- clothed security…
What kind of grand imam is he?
Published: 08/04/2010Three major challenges confront the man at the helm of Al-Azhar. One is about dependence and independence. Al-Azhar’s grand imam has to decide whether he is working for the Egyptian government, and therefore has to toe its line, or whether…
Mubarak and ElBaradei: united by unrealistic ideas
Published: 25/03/2010What do the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Mohammed ElBaradei, the former IAEA chief and opposition contender for the 2011 Egyptian presidential elections, have in common? Both men agree – and they rarely do – that Egypt does not need…
Il vertice arabo in Libia: evento tipico, agenda atipica
Published: 24/03/201024/03/2010
Original Version: Typical agenda, atypical summit
Si terrà il 27 marzo in Libia il vertice annuale della Lega Araba, un’occasione che continua ad essere dominata dalle divisioni inter-arabe e dall’incapacità di prendere decisioni concrete – scrive la…
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, 1928-2010
Published: 21/03/201021/03/2010
Original Version: Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, 1928-2010
Lo sheikh di al-Azhar, Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, è deceduto alcuni giorni fa, e, come è ormai prassi consolidata, il regime egiziano ha provveduto a nominare un suo sostituto; Tantawi era un…
Lebanon – To dialogue or not to dialogue?
Published: 13/03/2010A new round of Lebanon’s national dialogue opened on Tuesday 9 March, with little hope that it will seriously address the sorry catalogue of Lebanon’s chronic problems. The first session of this new round was procedural, with the next session…
La Fratellanza Musulmana in Egitto attraversa un periodo di turbolenza
Published: 12/03/201012/03/2010
Original Version: Egypt’s Muslim Brothers hit turbulence
Sebbene il recente riorientamento politico dei Fratelli Musulmani egiziani sembrerebbe produrre un movimento più facilmente gestibile da parte del regime, gli ultimi arresti potrebbero aprire un nuovo capitolo caratterizzato da…
Turkey’s military under pressure
Published: 10/03/2010Last week, 68 serving and retired Turkish officers, including 24 generals and admirals, were taken into custody on suspicion of plotting a coup in 2003. It was the largest police operation against the military in Turkish history, and by week’s…
L’origine delle tensioni confessionali in Egitto
Published: 08/03/201008/03/2010
Original Version: The origins of sectarian tension in Egypt
Le tensioni confessionali tra cristiani e musulmani, e la violenza settaria in Egitto, rappresentano una seria minaccia alla coesione sociale ed all’unità nazionale del paese – scrive l’analista…
Scontro USA-Iran in Iraq
Published: 03/03/201025/02/2010
Original Version: US vs Iran in Iraq
Il 18 febbraio, l’ambasciatore americano Christopher Hill ha fatto presente che potrebbero volerci mesi affinché si formi un nuovo governo a Baghdad dopo le elezioni previste per il 7 marzo…
Head to head in Iraq
Published: 03/03/2010Parliamentary elections in any country tend to be influenced by local issues and concerns and sometimes by personalities. While politics is more complicated than that, voters still tend to give their votes to the candidates they trust and will serve…
Il ritorno di El-Baradei e il futuro dell’Egitto
Published: 02/03/201002/03/2010
Original Version: عودة البرادعي: بداية إيجابية
Se l’ex direttore dell’AIEA Mohammed El-Baradei riuscisse ad ottenere la presidenza egiziana, l’Egitto potrebbe avviarsi a diventare un paese moderno e produttivo fondato sullo stato di diritto, riacquistando il suo ruolo…
Another lame summit
Published: 02/03/2010This year’s Arab summit, scheduled to be held in the Libyan capital 27-28 March, is unlikely to spark great excitement in an Arab public that has grown weary of how ineffectual Arab summits are. If the Arab League suffered a…
The El-Baradei phenomenon
Published: 26/02/2010Right now it is Friday morning, only hours before Mohamed El-Baradei is due to arrive in Cairo. Three days ago, I was in Kuwait where I attended a workshop on strategic circumstances in the Middle East. Although Iran, Iraq and…
Egypt – Change is coming?
Published: 20/02/2010More than 1000 people gathered Friday at the Cairo International Airport to welcome Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who has become in the eyes of many a potential candidate for Egypt’s next…
Blair’s arrogant intransigence on Iraq is reminiscent of the colonial and imperial era
Published: 06/02/2010If it proved anything, the testimony of former British prime minister Tony Blair before the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry last week reveals that we are reliving the mediaeval age of discovery and colonial conquest. Blair’s account of the developments leading to…
Yemen’s slide into chaos is sending shock waves throughout the region
Published: 29/01/2010For some time now, Yemen has endured several crises on both the state and societal levels, casting doubts on the viability of the country’s unity and security. The current Yemen government is heading towards collapse unless it shoulders its responsibilities…
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