‘Hichem Karoui’ Archives
Are Hamas and the US Ready to talk?
Middle East Studies Online Journal ( 2010) Volume 1, Issue No 2 Hichem Karoui Position Paper Abstract: Should the USA try to engage with Hamas in order to persuade the Islamist organization to renounce violence and embrace negotiations , as Shimon Peres, the Israeli [Read More]
About Brookings’ Madrasas Assessment
Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies Online Journal ( 2010) Volume 1, Issue No 2 A review Abstract: The report issued in June 2010 by the Brookings institution titled “Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan,” is the first [Read More]
Pullout
Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies Online Journal ( 2010) Volume 1 No 2. Abstract: A worse situation may follow the withdrawal of the US forces from Iraq, even with a strong government willing to fight terrorism and to enforce law. That would mean that the country cannot [Read More]
Way in, way out
Hichem Karoui The Gulf Today, August 14, 2010 The closer the date of the US military withdrawal from Iraq (August 31), the greater people’s nervousness. They keep an eye on the death toll and say: it is going to be worse when the Americans leave. Who can blame them? But [Read More]
Leaks of… innocence?
By Hichem Karoui The Gulf Today July 31, 2010 Since the release by WikiLeaks of a batch of 91,000 classified reports on the Afghan war, comment about it made headlines throughout the world, although likely nobody had had enough time to read them. Like many people, I [Read More]
Pakistan’s madrasas reassessed
By Hichem Karoui The Gulf Today July 24, 2010 Over the past decade, the US has channeled $11 billion in aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan, with virtually all of it going to the military. Many observers are skeptical, but there is a feeling that without Pakistan’s help, the [Read More]
