Alex Edwards is a desk editor at <em>The Majalla</em> and <em>Asharq Al-Awsat</em>'s English editions. He trained as a journalist before receiving his PhD from the London School of Economics, where he researched American foreign policy in the Gulf.

Understanding Dictators

[caption id="attachment_55231164" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Charlie Chaplin as &#039;The Great Dictator (1940)&#039;"][/caption] Hosni…

Clinton Out, Kerry In

[caption id="attachment_55237805" align="alignnone" width="620"] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at her final press interview in the Benjamin…

Iran's Time Bomb

[caption id="attachment_55236932" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Pro-Israel, anti-Iran protesters demonstrate near the Israeli embassy on September…

Political Spring, Economic Firestorm

[caption id="attachment_55236398" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Dr. Nasser Saidi (Source: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] The downfall…

Behind the Stalemate

[caption id="attachment_55235579" align="alignnone" width="620"] A rebel fighter of the Free Syrian Army, cleans his weapon in an underground shelter…

Starr on Syria

[caption id="attachment_55235061" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rebels from the Free Syrian Army take a break from combat[/caption]Journalist…

The Cautious American President

[caption id="attachment_55234881" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama[/caption]At the end of his first term, President Obama’s…

Iraq under the Ba’ath

[caption id="attachment_55232709" align="aligncenter" width="620"] 20th March 1970: Saddam Hussein (right), Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary…

Under the Skin of Hamas

[inset_left]Hamas: From Resistance to Government By Paola Caridi Seven Stories Press, New York [/inset_left]In this new book, Italian journalist…