CMEC Blog

Watch the last despatch of The Sunday Times journalist, Marie Colvin, who was killed today in shelling in Homs.

The Rt Hon Nicholas Soames MP calls for the UK to “break out of the conventional approach” towards Iran.

Middle East analyst, Anoushka Kurkjian, writes for CMEC on stalemate in Syria and asks what the future holds for the Assad regime and the Free Syria Army.

Salman Shaikh writes for Foreign Policy magazine and asks the question: “Why doesn’t Israel understand the Arab Spring?”

Writing for the Daily Telegraph website, Shashank Joshi questions Seumas Milne’s interpretation of events at the United Nations last week.

CMEC’s Director Leo Docherty vists Kuwait as an international observer of the 2012 National Assembly Elections.

Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, General Manager of Al Arabiya, looks at the possible options regarding the situation in Syria.

Dr Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Chairman of the CMEC Advisory Board, explains why he signed the Book of Commitment to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2012.

The Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE DL, CMEC Chairman, and Dr Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Chairman of the CMEC Advisory Board, sign the Book of Commitment to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2012.

Julian Weinberg, the Nyon Process Manager at Forward Thinking, and Professor John Esposito outline some of the problems and possibilities in a post-Ben Ali Tunisia.

In a CMEC exclusive, Abubakr al-Shamahi, a British-Yemeni journalist, predicts an uncertain future following President Saleh’s departure for medical treatment.

On the first anniversary of the uprising, on Foreign Policy’s website five influential participants reflect on the last year, Egypt’s future — and how revolution is a lot more complicated than they thought.

Lord Risby writes for Conservative Home following his recent visit to Egypt with CMEC.

David Cameron discusses the Middle East Peace Process with the Palestinian President.

Baroness Morris meets with Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Kurdish Regional Government.