Hassan Yassin

3 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Hassan Yassin

There is hardly a journalist or political analyst, or even an amateur posing as either, in the Arab world who hasn’t, at some point over the past decades, written or spoken at length about the “New Middle East.” And yet, the Middle East we see today is something altogether different from what we were told to expect, both in substance and in the circumstances surrounding it. Our region has become, much like our lives and our socio-political imaginaries, untethered from familiar coordinates.

3 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Hassan Yassin |Hazem Saghieh

Ceasefires are a lifeline to those languishing under relentless bombardment, suffering displacement, and struggling to find food- with no escape from their vast prison. Yet, the fact that discussions and negotiations for a ceasefire continue suggests that there is, as of yet, no horizon for an end to Gaza’s inferno. All concerned parties seem to be awaiting some shift that allows for a breakthrough.

3 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Hassan Yassin |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri

The United States has no interest in resorting to the military solution to resolve the dispute with Iran over its nuclear program. The use of force in the Middle East revives memories of costly experiences. President Donald Trump himself does not believe that the military solution is viable, unless all other options to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear dream run out. Iran, in turn, says it has no such dream.

3 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Hassan Yassin |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Hanna Saleh

Extraordinary progress has been made since the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman, and his Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, introduced Vision 2030 and set the Kingdom on a trajectory toward reform and innovation eight years ago. I will not go over the list of everything that has been already achieved, suffice to say that we have never seen progress at this pace in Saudi Arabia and perhaps the world. Yet, I’ve noticed the discontent in Western media.