On Nov. 22, Bahrain held a first round of legislative and local elections. Similar to what has happened with the majority of events that have taken…
Author: Itxaso Domínguez
Itxaso Domínguez
Spanish idealist expert in international relations (or at least tries to be), and particularly in Middle East affairs.
“This counter-terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for…
“You have to be careful when choosing your enemies because sooner or later you will end up resembling them,” Jorge Luis Borges said once. When your…
Tracking the events in Iraq – in the whole region, actually – might be a colossal task. Particularly so during the summer, when it is sometimes…
A year ago I wrote a piece on Lebanon’s political mess that focused on how the country was still functioning – to say the least -…
Syria officially opened its presidential campaign on Sunday May 11, and the cities and towns under the regime’s control are filled with billboards and posters presenting…
There is no doubt about it. A presidential election will be held on June 3 in Syria and Bashar Al Assad is going to win. The…
Now that both the EU and the Carter Centre have announced they will not be electoral observers in the presidential vote scheduled in Egypt for May…
Even though the news has gone unnoticed because Ukraine and the Malayan plane are still swamping our screens, Libya is not faring that well. First, a…
Sometimes, it seems as though most of the factors shaping the future of the Middle East are out of the control of citizens, from sectarianism and…