In an op-ed for the Guardian, POMED Senior Research Associate Nussaibah Younis looks at the effects of releasing the Senate torture report on public opinion in the Arab world.
Concerns that the release of the Senate torture report would undermine US moral standing in the Middle East fail to recognise the vast damage that has already been done. Both US inconsistencies in its pursuit of democracy and human rights in the region, in conjunction with a fuelling of anti-American sentiment by state-run press in the Arab world, have contributed to a profound cynicism about US intentions in the region. The result is that even when the US tries to engage positively with the region, it is met with an unrelenting search for ulterior motives.
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U.S. policies in the Arab world must be seen to resonate with its values, by Nussaibah Younis
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In an op-ed for the Guardian, POMED Senior Research Associate Nussaibah Younis looks at the effects of releasing the Senate torture report on public opinion in the Arab world.
Concerns that the release of the Senate torture report would undermine US moral standing in the Middle East fail to recognise the vast damage that has already been done. Both US inconsistencies in its pursuit of democracy and human rights in the region, in conjunction with a fuelling of anti-American sentiment by state-run press in the Arab world, have contributed to a profound cynicism about US intentions in the region. The result is that even when the US tries to engage positively with the region, it is met with an unrelenting search for ulterior motives.
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