Olivier Guitta

While revolts in Tunisia and Egypt have captivated the West’s attention, the crisis in Libya has an entirely new set of consequences for European countries. On an economic level, there is more at stake for Europe than almost anywhere else…

Al Qa’eda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has recently sought to raise its public profile with a series of successful kidnapping operations of western nationals. Its efforts have garnered attention not only from international terrorism analysts, but from militants…

The new major front on the war against radical Islam is on fire. While one would think of Afghanistan or Iraq, it would be very damageable not to study what is currently going on in Yemen. Indeed Yemen has become…

http://www.metimes.com/International/2009/01/05/the_next_dangerous_phase_of_the_gaza_war/2749/ Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister, told the French daily Le Monde six months ago, regarding the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza: “It is unclear how long it might hold, two days or two months. Historically, we are in a…

http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/11/17/hezbollah_an_imminent_danger/5433/ CIA Director Michael Hayden said last week that al-Qaida was still the largest threat to the United States. He added, “If there is a major strike on this country, it will bear the fingerprints of al-Qaida.” But some analysts…

http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/07/14/use_of_the_energy_weapon_to_avert_war/3764/ The sounds of saber rattling have been growing louder by the day in the Persian Gulf. While Israel has recently performed an impressive exercise over the Mediterranean, Iran proceeded last week to test its long-range missiles. The region has…

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG29Ak02.html In the last few weeks, Hassan Nasrallah (which name literally means in Arabic God’s victory), the Secretary General of the Lebanese Shia terror group Hezbollah (The party of God), has almost become a household name. Even though Nasrallah has…