Articles

Despite the potential of the digitalisation of work, risks are becoming impersonal means by which employers tilt the balance of power. Oliver Suchy Since we have come to live with the coronavirus around the globe, ‘digital work’ has been enjoying an unprecedented boom. To ensure social distance, we had to …

Regardless of the US-Israeli plans. The Palestinian question cannot be erased when it concerns the lives and destiny of seven million people. Hussein Haridy Prior to last January, the United Nations and the international community had a roadmap to settle the question of Palestine; following various UN resolutions inspired by, …

The pandemic closed theatres, concerts and exhibitions, imperilling many freelances. How will the creative industry re-emerge? Jess Smee The creative sector has been hit hard by the social shifts triggered by the coronavirus. Around Europe, longstanding cultural institutions were forced to close their doors for the first time in decades, some even …

‘By focusing their wrath on the recent UAE-Israel accord, the Palestinian leaders missed the mark. The UAE’s move to normalize in order to stop annexation is not the cause of Palestinian woes’ James Zogby This week, the news that all the Palestinian factions were meeting, might have been a hopeful …

While it is essential for the United States to restore US leadership and credibility on issues that are vital to national security and prosperity, there is one region that simply isn’t as important as it used to be: the Middle East. Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky Joe Biden has made …

A new book turns away from the ‘demand side’ focus of much populism analysis to the ‘supply’ of a plutocratic, ever-more right-wing Republican party. Sheri Berman In November the United States will hold its most critical election in generations. The presidency of Donald Trump has revealed and intensified deep problems in American …

All past efforts at a political resolution have floundered because the various parties supporting one side or the other in Libya’s civil war have failed to understand the Libyan socio-political scene. Ziad Akl* Libya remains a platform for regional conflicts in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Several actors, mainly Egypt, …

The European Union’s reactions to the crises in Belarus, Hong Kong and Lebanon reveal a reluctance to abandon the status quo and defend its values. Authoritarian leaders must be relieved. Judy Dempsey It’s an opportunity European foreign ministers should seize. When they virtually met on 14 August, they had a …

The announcement by Donald Trump that Israel and the UAE will normalise relations has sent shockwaves across the Arab region, upturning old certainties. Hussein Hairdy On Thursday, 13 August, US President Donald Trump took the Middle East and the world by surprise when he tweeted, “Huge breakthrough today. Historic Peace …

The Coronavirus pandemic has been a trigger for many autocrats to step up repressive measures. But the poor handling of the pandemic by many non-democratic governments, as well as the longer-term economic fallout, spells longer term political trouble for them. Thomas Carothers and David Wong As the Coronavirus has spread, …