by Reda Benkirane Extracts from the Independent Meta-synthesis under the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy[1], United Nations, December 2021. (PDF version) Undefined notions of terrorism/counter-terrorism There is no clear definition or shared understanding on terrorism or CT. A shared understanding of what constitutes CT is critical for the evaluation, assessment, audit,… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Doha Centre for Media Freedom, February 2009 The row over the Danish Mohamed cartoons was a tragedy for most people working on what unites people rather than divides them. The big TV networks unwittingly exaggerate religious and cultural differences. Instead of helping people understand ‘the humanity of… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Aljazeera Centre for Studies, August 2006 The last war conducted by Israel in Lebanon against the Hezbollah fighters is marked by three characteristics: unpredictability, disproportion and powerlessness. The war signals a turning point in the evolution of the region and in the perception of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Aljazeera Centre for Studies, 25 March 2007 Why is there nothing rather than something? This – inverted – metaphysical question may well illustrate the French political life in the context of the next presidential election to be held in two rounds on 22 April and 5 May… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Aljazeera Centre for Studies, 11 April 2007 Sombre perspectives for an uncertain future. Review of a prospective report from the British Ministry of Defence The UK’s Ministry of Defence (Mod) has released in January 2007 an interdisciplinary study on the evolution of the world during the next… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane The Alchemy of Revolution: The Role of Social Networks and New Media in the Arab Spring Geneva Centre for Security Policy, GCSP Policy Paper 2012/7 Geoeconomy and Geopolitics of Oil. Note on the strategic dimension of the Caspian Sea Aljazeera Centre for Studies, November 2007 The Mediterranean Union… Lire plus / Read more
Analysis: The Israeli-Palestinian Cancer by Edgar Morin, Sami Naïr and Danièle Sallenave Abstract by Reda Benkirane The French social scientists Edgar Morin, Sami Naïr and Danièle Sallenave have published in the French newspaper Le Monde (4 June 2002) a magisterial historical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In “Israël-Palestine : le cancer”, the… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Al-Ahram Weekly, Cairo, 23 – 29 March 2006, Issue No. 787 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/787/op33.htmDemographic transformations — particularly urbanisation — seem to powerfully alter traditional societies when it comes to issues of gender rights, writes Reda Benkirane* One of the signs of the times is the increasing role of women in… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Al Ahram Weekly, 4 – 10 March 2004, issue No. 680 The debate about the veil in France highlights a question at the core of humanity’s metaphysical and political existence: the perplexities and confrontations of universalist ideals and realities and rights of difference, writes Reda Benkirane. The heated debate… Lire plus / Read more
by Reda Benkirane Geneva Centre for Security Policy GCSP Policy Paper 2012/7 (PDF) “if 2011 was a year of Arab collective therapy whereby ICTs’ role facilitated the liberation process, then 2012 is the year of psychological depression and political regression/repression due to the control made possible by the same ICTs”… Lire plus / Read more
