Tawfiq Al-Saif

Syrian Conflict

Opinion: Arabs should take the lead on Syria

Recent remarks by US Secretary of State John Kerry about Washington “having” to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad mark a significant turning point in the course of the Syrian crisis. Today Kerry is talking about the outcomes of the Geneva I conference as providing a suitable framework

Opinion

Opinion: Continuing with Reform

The process of reform, if it is to bear fruit and maintain momentum, must be continuous and sustained. According to writer and academic Homa Katouzian, any slowdown in the modernization processes in developing countries can, first and foremost, be put down to political or non-political turbulence an