Versailles or Westphalian matrix?
The major transformations, shaping the environment of the Greater Middle East, more and more insistently bring up the question of whether the “Arab spring” will lead to a redivision of the existing national boundaries. What will the political map of the Greater Middle East look like in, say, twenty years?
Minefield of conflicts
The question is not at all idle. At least, because the geopolitical ...
What will be a unifying factor in the “Arab Spring” countries?
Pan-Arab nationalism has lost its popularity, in contrast to the local state nationalism. However, now Islamism has come to the fore in the "Arab Spring" countries, which is a historically justified phenomenon. And ...
The growing Islamist trends in the Arab Spring countries are consolidating the positions of radical Hamas movement. What will this result in?
Hamas is getting stronger in Palestine along with the consolidation of the Islamists’ positions in the Arab Spring countries. The differences ...