Opinion & Analysis
Opinion articles and political analysis by Dr. Salem Alketbi on Gulf, Arab, Iranian and international affairs.
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United States
What French Election Opinion Polls Can Tell Us
I have been interested in following the opinion polls in the elections that will be held in several European countries…
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Extremism
“Freeing” Religious Discourse
I have recently read some articles about restoring revising religious discourse, which spoke on an important conference that took place…
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Syrians in the Torture Room
Arabs have different attitudes toward the Syrian crisis. Some stand with Bashar al-Assad’s regime but others denounce what this regime…
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Extremism
Losing the Battle against Extremism
Media reports of the international coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria indicate that the organization is receiving painful blows…
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Extremism
Privacy and Freedom in the Virtual World
There is a political and legal debate about the limits of the relationship between privacy and individual freedom on the…
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The Girl in the Picture: The Relation between Islam and the West
Many social media outlets have interpreted an image of a veiled girl as an act of indifference to the victims…
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Iran
Secrets of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Iranian Revolutionary Guards generals keep on playing with fire while others, both in the Gulf Cooperation Council and the West,…
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Extremism
How to Stop Lone Wolves
The term ‘lone wolves’ refers to extremist militants who committed terrorist crimes in indirect coordination with terrorist organizations. In other…
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Arab Summits and Discontentment
Arab summits always bring up the subject of the Arab League into many discussions, but no genuine changes happened so…
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Extremism
Globalizing Terrorism
Many people believe that the pursuit of ISIS’s elements in Iraq, Syria and in the Arab world, as well as…
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