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Writer / Mohammed Cherkaoui

Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui

Senior Researcher at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies.

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The Lingering Stalemate: Qatar’s Blockade Awaits a Mediation Exit

Wed, 06/10/2020 - 20:35

The duality of diplomatic hopes and divergence of political wills in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Doha remains one of the nuances of the Gulf crisis. There was ‘hectic’ diplomatic activity to deliver ver...

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Trump’s Presidency: Nuances of Leadership versus Management of Crises

Thu, 06/04/2020 - 20:30

The current riots across America represent a moment of rebuttal at the conjuncture between an exit from the Coronavirus dilemma and Trump’s pursuit of a second term a few weeks before the National ...

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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...