Articles by Marwan Bishara
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The Saudi-Iran Détente and Its Regional Implications
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
12 Mar 2023 – What the normalisation between two regional powers means and does not mean.
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How Joe Biden Suckered Europe
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2022
29 Nov 2022 – Europe is lost for answers. Boxed in, the EU is failing the test of the war in Ukraine.
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The Flaws and Fantasies of the New Biden Doctrine
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2022
14 Oct 2022 – United States President Joe Biden’s newly released National Security Strategy is an amalgam of his predecessors’ doctrines. It is ambitious–and delusional–about America’s role in the world.
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From Kyiv to Kabul: The ‘Blessings’ of Civilisation
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2022
15 Mar 2022 – It’s time to put an end to a long history of violence in the name of benevolence.
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Hubris: Israel’s Endgame in Palestine
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
30 Jun 2020 – The “peace process” has been exposed for what it is – a colonisation operation. This surreal process has long served as a cover up for deep Israeli entrenchment in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Having secured Trump’s approval, Netanyahu will go forward with annexation despite warnings of an international backlash, the demise of the two-state solution, and the erosion of the “democratic Jewish state”.
→ read full articleWhat Would and Should a Post-Pandemic World Look Like?
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2020
19 Apr 2020 – Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a general feeling that the world is at an historical turning point, that nothing will ever be the same again. A post-American, post-liberal world order awaits us. But what shape will it take?
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When Pyromaniacs Lead, the World Burns
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
2 Sep 2019
As global crises are pushing the world towards disaster, the G7 could not even agree on a final communiqué.
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Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
2 Dec 2013
What are the ramifications of Iran’s deal with the West on Middle East politics?
→ read full articleGauging Arab Public Opinion
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
12 Mar 2012
The first of its kind – a poll conducted in 12 Arab countries, representing over 80 per cent of the population of the Arab world, in an attempt to gauge the region’s political mood, shows: Israel and the US are seen as more threatening than Iran. A high 84 per cent believe the Palestinian question is the cause of all Arabs and not the Palestinians only, and 84 per cent reject the notion of their state’s recognition of Israel. Only 21 per cent support, to a certain degree, the peace agreement signed between Egypt, Jordan and the PLO with Israel.
→ read full articlePalestine & UN: History of a Double Standard
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
26 Sep 2011
Failure to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Israel’s 40-year occupation, in the words of UN former Secretary General Kofi Annan, would “continue to hurt the reputation of the United Nations and raise questions about its impartiality”. No cause has consumed as much UN paper work as the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians. But hundreds of its resolutions on Palestine have not been respected let alone applied for over half a century.
→ read full articleThree Questions on Libya
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
29 Aug 2011
Al Jazeera’s chief political analyst interprets what the fall of Tripoli means for Libya, the Arab Spring and the West. A six month NATO-aided rebellion in Libya has advanced on the capital, Tripoli, in an effort to oust 42-year leader Muammar Gaddafi.
→ read full articleThe Middle East’s Oldest Dictatorship
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
2 May 2011
As the conventional wisdom goes – especially in the West – Israel is the “only democracy” in the Middle East. However, Israel has been anything but democratic for the indigenous people of the land, the Palestinian Arabs. By nature and precedence, foreign military occupation is temporary. Colonialism on the other hand, and more precisely civilian colonisation, is a socio-political system of ruling over another people.
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[MUST WATCH] NATO: Going Global
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Nov 2010
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is the largest military force ever assembled, with a potential armed force of more than seven million. But as its original enemies, communism and the Soviet Union, were defeated two decades ago, what is the alliance’s new identity or new role?
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Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
30 Aug 2010
While the Obama administration continues to affirm its intention to withdraw US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US’ military presence in the Muslim world is actually expanding and this is exacerbating tensions and inflaming animosities. Barack Obama’s promise to open a new page with the Muslim world on the basis of mutual respect and interests – supplemented and enforced by the use of soft rather than hard power – now rings hollow.
→ read full articleIs Israel a Liability for the US?
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
2 Aug 2010
The all too predictable pro and con nature of the debate meant repeating same-old same-old selective mantras about the “special relationship”. More importantly, as per usual for such discussions, the debate fell within the ideological limits of US-based mainstream think-tank perspectives. The question of whether US foreign policy is a liability for the Middle East; whether serving Washington’s interests is a liability for Americans, Arabs and Israelis did not arise. And whether US foreign policy is a liability to the future of a Jewish presence in the region was totally discounted.
→ read full articleBrazil Takes Centre-Stage
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
3 May 2010
It is rare that you see an optimistic country in these dire times. But Brazil is flying high when many are landing or crashing.
→ read full articleTHE US AS A GREAT WARRIOR TRIBE
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst,
12 Jan 2010
According to tribal Yemeni tradition, if a dispute has been resolved peacefully, any dagger that has been drawn cannot go back into its scabbard unless it tastes blood. Traditionally, an animal is slaughtered to satisfy its thirst and restore its holder’s honour. Since the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union and […]
→ read full articleYEMEN, THE JOKE IS ON YOU …
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst,
9 Jan 2010
By offering military support the West might prolong an autocratic regime.Marginalised by regional developments and intimidated by Washington’s Cold War and Gulf War victories, two Yemenis – so goes the joke – wondered if their country should declare war on the US, force it to occupy Yemen and care for it. "But what if we […]
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