Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19. Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19. Saudi…
Qatar 2022 put the myth of a separation of sports and politics to bed. Like in Qatar, human, worker, and LGBT rights are likely to be left, right, and centre as other Gulf and North African states move centre stage as hosts of and bidders for some of the world’s foremost mega-sporting events, the 2030…
Although the problems of China and Russia would remain (Zelensky’s rump Reich doesn’t matter and never did except as a casus belli against Russia), their fate must wait for another day. Although Qatar hosted a first-class World Cup tournament with a Hollywood-scripted ending, the fun and games are now over and war is warming up…
How much does the cash-for-whitewashing scandal effect Morocco’s current claims on Western Sahara, both at the UN and at EU level? After the dust is starting to settle on the biggest corruption scandal the EU has ever had, it seems that it was not created by Qatar, but by Morocco which had a network of…
It’s probably far-fetched and overzealous to think about doing away with the EU altogether. But ditching the parliament might be a good idea. It’s probably far-fetched and overzealous to think about doing away with the EU altogether. But ditching the parliament might be a good idea. Here we go again. Another graft scandal in Brussels….
Football diplomacy brought Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan together in Doha for the opening of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Football diplomacy brought Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan together in Doha for the opening of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Years of tension…
