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March 31, 2015

A rebuff of China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is folly

China, Perspective /

By Martin Wolf   It would be good if the lender were white as snow. But this is a fallen world     High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0dff595e-d16a-11e4-86c8-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3Vvedi2qd Britain […]

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Egypt challenges court ruling on Hamas ‘terrorism’

Blogs, Egypt, Middle East /

  Over the last three years, even when Mohammed Morsi was president, Egyptian media outlets have carried out an unprecedented campaign against Hamas. Egyptian hostility toward the movement has grown since July 2014, when many Egyptians held Hamas responsible for the bloodshed in Gaza after Israeli military strikes against the Strip. The Egyptian media have linked Hamas to several

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The new Saudi king, Egypt and the MB

Blogs, Egypt, Middle East, Saudi Arabia /

  When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died Jan. 23, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement that was conspicuously warm. One might have thought that considering the broad support the late king gave to the Egyptian state-led crackdown of the Brotherhood in Egypt, such a declaration would be negative at best. Within a few weeks, however, rumors

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Washington Misses Bigger Picture of New Chinese Investment Bank

America, China, Perspective /

By Jim Lobe   The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)   Bibi Netanyahu’s election, persistent violence through much of the Middle East and North Africa, and intensified efforts to forge a nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran topped the news here in Washington this week. But a much bigger story in terms of the future

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‘Islamic State’ as a western phenomenon: Reimagining the IS debate

Iraq, Middle East, Perspective, Syria /

By Ramzy Baroud   No matter how one attempts to wrangle with the rise of IS, the movement – as explainable historical circumstance – just doesn’t add up   It is as if leaders of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) are getting tips on demonising Muslims from world leading Islamophobes and as if they are trying

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Israel chose – will the Palestinians?

Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Perspective /

By Marwan Bishara Netanyahu is sure to translate the election results into a new mandate to further Israel’s colonial goals in Palestine.   A Palestinian man reads a local newspaper, which features the Israeli election on its front page, in the southern Gaza Strip [REUTERS]   This will be Benjamin Netanyahu’s fourth and Israel’s 34th government since its

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