Introduction
Spectators of the Arab Spring (in general) and Bahrain’s chapter (more specifically) tend to expend their intellectual energies attempting to depict the symptoms of spasmodic violence while simplifying, exaggerating or...
Editor's Desk
ABSTRACT: This article examines the evolution of the al-Harakat Muqawima al-Islamiya (Hamas) movement, operating, as it were, a statelet in the Gaza Strip based on the principles of ‘Tangentopoli (bribesville).’ Hamas...
Friday's (25 January) demonstration-turned-riot in Manama is a clear reminder of the hurdles that continue to obstruct a working national dialogue to defuse political tensions in Bahrain. Every step undertaken, every concession made and every...
Poprvé v historii míří Češi k volebním urnám, aby si sami přímo zvolili hlavu státu. Cílem této volby je však zvolit kandidáta, který nejlépe reprezentuje a symbolizuje národ, ne vůdce jako takového. Tento prezident by měl, z principu,...
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For the first time in history, Czechs head to the polls in direct presidential elections. The goal, to find the...
A number of years ago a South African diplomat in Prague remarked – in preparation for Africa Day 2010 – that ‘South Africa is not ready to be normal, apartheid made sure that many generations would pass before South African’s can look to the...
Iranian Involvement in the So-Called Arab Spring
A month ago, the mythology surrounding the past 18 months of Arab upheaval, commonly referred to as the Arab Spring, was finally shattered by an orgy of unadulterated acts of...
Introduction
In contrast to the nearly instinctive question of whether NATO is situated at a ‘cross-roads,’ it is clear from the latest round of summitry that the sixty-three year old alliance is at a definite impasse. Military and...
Interview Questions by Emil Souleimanov (Assistant Professor, Dept of Russian & East European Studies at the Institute of International Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences,Charles University in Prague)
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For those interested in Bahrain’s domestic political situation, I am happy to report that the coast is clear, tensions have subsided and, it seems, that people have grown weary of the near-endless political bickering, the cat-and-mouse game of...
