October 26, 2010
"Sudan Referendum Making Modern Arab History"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Senior Fellow in the Dubai Initiative, Rami Khouri, writes: A remarkable development will take place in Sudan in January which strikes me as among the most significant in the modern history of the Arab world: referendums by which the people of southern Sudan will determine if they wish to remain part of Sudan or secede and become an independent country.
June 9, 2010
"ICC Challenge: Balancing Power and Principle"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The first Review Conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) now taking place in Kampala, Uganda, writes Rami Khouri. Obama, Ahmadinejad and other such elected leaders come and go routinely, he says, their policies reflecting the constellations of domestic and international power in their narrow political universes.
July 15, 2008
"Whose Crimes? Against Whose Humanity?"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The ICC warrant against Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir evokes the thought that not all crimes against humanity are treated similarly. Such should not be the case.
September 8, 2007
Power and Sanctions or Law and Life?
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The United Nations should thoroughly review its optimum role in a transforming world, because its existing contradictory policies risk damaging its credibility and efficacy for years to come.
AP Photo
November 24, 2008
"Somali Piracy Reflects a Troubling World"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Human beings should have as much right to security and the protection of the rule of law as ships carrying oil, tanks, cars and tennis shoes. That is a resonate lesson behind the Somali piracy -- at least in the Arab world."
AP
October 29, 2008
"Six for Six"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Somalia seems to offer more intriguing evidence about how governments often must come to terms with militias, insurgent forces and other such informal armed groups in countries around the Arab-Asian region -- and the roles these entities play where formal governments appears unable to deliver the basic requirements of statehood."
September 8, 2007
Power and Sanctions or Law and Life?
Magazine or Newspaper Article
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The United Nations should thoroughly review its optimum role in a transforming world, because its existing contradictory policies risk damaging its credibility and efficacy for years to come.
October 26, 2011
"An Arab Birth Worth Celebrating"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
I celebrated two birthdays this past weekend, first my own biological birthday and then the political birth of the modern Arab world on Sunday, when Tunisians voted for their new 217-seat national assembly, or provisional parliament. Human birthdays occur every year, but the birth of the modern Arab world happens once in a lifetime, and it is exhilarating to watch the process unfold day by day. The significance and symbolism of the Tunisian election cannot be over-emphasized.
AP Photo
November 24, 2008
"Somali Piracy Reflects a Troubling World"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Human beings should have as much right to security and the protection of the rule of law as ships carrying oil, tanks, cars and tennis shoes. That is a resonate lesson behind the Somali piracy -- at least in the Arab world."
AP Photo
September 3, 2008
"Elegant Colonialism"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
It seems quite obvious to many of us that Italy's new agreement with Libya -- with its explicit apology and reparations for the colonial era -- is a new and disguised form of colonialism.
