One should perhaps be mindful that the basic paradigm of big power and small country relations constitutes the system itself. When a small country decides to step out of the basic paradigm, it translates into a challenge to the system as a whole. And while difficult at first, the strategy of stepping out of the … Continue reading Nuclear Proliferation and Iran
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The Future Belongs to Islam
The basic paradigm of superpower and small country relations can be applied anywhere, not just in the Middle East, and the same basic patterns emerge wherever the basic paradigm is applied. There are of course case studies which one could employ in order to apply the basic paradigm and then derive the certain patterns which … Continue reading The Future Belongs to Islam
Idealistic Rhetoric
Idealistic rhetoric regarding “democracy” and “human rights” and so on and so forth which started with the “League of Nations” and now the “United Nations” also runs into a wall when the basic political and social realities of the Middle East are acknowledged and recognized. To borrow from Khalidi: “The actual nature of the League … Continue reading Idealistic Rhetoric
The Middle East and the International System
Our realist "spheres of influence" arrangement for international order then runs into a significant wall, namely, the Middle East. The question is: who gets to control it? The last few years has proven that it is surely not the United States. By losing Afghanistan, it has been proven that the United States cannot control the … Continue reading The Middle East and the International System
Groping for Identity
Interdependence means the union of opposites is better than decoupling. There are more benefits all around to the union of opposites than decoupling from an economic and human development and international affairs and international relations standpoint, despite the obvious cultural and religious differences which exist between the opposites. But one can argue that culture would … Continue reading Groping for Identity
Adam A. Azim 