The hypocrisy of Tony Blair’s Middle East vision

Blair’s simplistic formula for tackling radical Islam is leading him to support some of the most oppressive forces in the region. Tony Blair’s speech this week at Bloomberg in London reveals a growing support for authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. A decade ago, Blair was justifying wars in the Middle East on the grounds that they would…

Egypt shows ‘clash of civilizations’ was a myth

Since the end of the Cold War, conservatives have argued that the world should be seen through the lens of a clash between civilizations. The world could be divided, they argued, on the basis of different cultures and their distance from Western values. Countries where the majority of the population is Muslim were grouped together…

Arun Kundnani

Writing on race, culture, and empire

Egypt

The hypocrisy of Tony Blair’s Middle East vision

Egypt shows ‘clash of civilizations’ was a myth