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Writer / Mohammed Cherkaoui

Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui

Professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University in Washington D.C. and former member of the United Nations Panel of Experts.

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Libya’s Zero-Sum Politics and Defiance of Legitimacy – Part 2

Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:45

Foreign manipulation defies the wisdom of envisioning a political settlement of the Libyan conflict. All international diplomatic gestures need to be aligned via the UN platform, with a well-define...

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Libya’s Zero-Sum Politics and Defiance of Legitimacy – Part 1

Thu, 05/14/2020 - 09:15

There has been fluctuation and reconstruction of political legitimacy. Since the summer of 2014, two battles over legitimacy have spoiled Libyan politics and weakened the UN mediation with two roun...

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Responding to Kissinger: The Risks of Remodeling Neoliberalism and Manipulating the Enlightenment values

Sun, 04/26/2020 - 16:57

Kissinger aims to skip any debate of the financial elitist performance of Neoliberalism. He seeks to dissipate concerns over a post-Coronavirus reality with some romanticized Enlightenment values...

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Eight Heads of States versus Coronavirus: A Leadership Comparative Question – Part 2

Sun, 04/12/2020 - 16:45

It seems to be a three-way failure of leadership, national public policies, as well as international institutions, and should not be overshadowed by mere crisis management. By April 12, the infecti...

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Eight Heads of States versus Coronavirus: A Leadership Comparative Question – Part 1

Thu, 04/09/2020 - 13:07

Leadership in crisis can be a mixture of science, history, and art. It derives from the need for being well-informed with data and dynamics, well-enlightened with best practices and matured wisdom ...

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The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 2)

Sun, 03/22/2020 - 10:30

What is needed now, more than ever, is a public debate of moral autonomy of citizens in redefining the rights and obligations of the state and reconstructing their moral authority. The debate needs...

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The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 1)

Thu, 03/19/2020 - 11:30

One should highlight the distance between fiction and reality. However, a number of China politics observers and Western military officials have claimed a strong link between Coronavirus and recent...

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Seven Ironies of Reconstructing a New Security Paradigm in the Gulf

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 14:17

As the Trump White House has opted for those two ‘no-security’ and ‘less-Gulf oil export’ strategies, the U.S.-Gulf relations seem to be shifting into an unprecedented era of trust deficit and end ...