Unfiltered leaks
It’s extraordinary the venom of the attacks in the British media on WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange. The latest was a frothing invective by Nick Cohen in The Observer. This barstool, ad hominem appraisal describes Assange as ‘attention-seeking’, ‘half-educated’ and a ‘small town boy’ from…
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‘Post-Islamism’ Islam
It remains hard to predict the political destiny of the new Middle East but a few clues are emerging. The geopolitical tectonic plates shifted a little last week with the triumphal tour of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdoğan is seen by many Arabs…
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