Showing 1 - 3 of 3
Fahmy says al-Jazeera aids terrorists
News, Eli Lake, Published on 26/06/2017
» Mohamed Fahmy is the last person one would expect to make a case against al-Jazeera. In 2014, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practising unlicensed journalism. His incarceration made al-Jazeera a powerful symbol of resistance to Egypt's military dictatorship.
President Duterte blows up Obama's pivot to Asia
News, Eli Lake, Published on 24/10/2016
» Does anyone remember President Barack Obama's pivot to Asia? The plan was to focus diplomatic and military assets in East Asia to contain a rising China. It was one of the reasons Mr Obama said he was shrinking the American footprint in the Middle East.
Pop culture threatens regime's hold
News, Eli Lake, Published on 02/06/2016
» The only time I visited North Korea, Kim Jong-il was the dictator and Madeleine Albright was the US secretary of state. I was part of her press entourage when she travelled to the Hermit Kingdom at the end of 2000.