Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Humanitarian Masks, Imperialist Intent 209 October 24, 2015 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt) on 22 October 2015 by Bassem Hassan (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Barack ObamaEgyptImperialismrefugeesRussiaSyria Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore South Africa: Trump’s Tariffs Have Gutted Agoa’s Duty‑Free Promise March 10, 2026. Published in Cape Times 0 Austria: Trump’s Claim to Power Is at Stake in the Battle over US Tariffs March 6, 2026. Published in Der StandardBy announcing a new round of tariffs, Trump has made it clear that no one can restrain him. ... His only ideology is himself. 0 Ireland: Elon Musk Is Wrong about Empathy — and Irish Film Proves It March 10, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Australia: Trump Redraws the Links between Gulf States and Rest of the World March 6, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Oil Markets Can’t Bank on Deal-Maker Donald Trump in the Middle East March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Topics Mexico: Trump Won’t Take Our Oil March 12, 2026. Published in La JornadaMexican oil is not the property of the United States or Donald Trump. 0 Ireland: Pete Hegseth Is like a Manic Clown Compared to Sober Colin Powell March 11, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Ireland: Elon Musk Is Wrong about Empathy — and Irish Film Proves It March 10, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Canada: An International Norm Questioned after Trump’s Iran Strikes. As 2 Officials Who Helped Established It, We’d Like To Set Record Straight March 10, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Canada: Why Trump Can’t Afford To Brush Off the Iran War’s Economic Impact March 10, 2026. Published in CBC 0 India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. 0 Ghana: America’s Dual Approach: War and Diplomacy in International Relations March 10, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb[A]nytime America saw/sees the need for peace, they embrace it and benefit from it but when the situation demands, they shift to embrace war. 0 South Africa: Trump’s Tariffs Have Gutted Agoa’s Duty‑Free Promise March 10, 2026. Published in Cape Times 0 Related Articles India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. Egypt: Can Trump’s Mediation Succeed? February 27, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineTrump’s potential advantage lies in leverage. South Africa: How US Foreign Policy under Trump Erodes Legitimacy in the Global South February 12, 2026. Published in Cape TimesThe danger is not merely hypocrisy, but normalization, a world in which coercion replaces cooperation and sovereignty becomes conditional. Ireland: The Irish Times View on the Ending of the US/ Russia Arms Treaty: Risk of a New Arms Race February 4, 2026. Published in Irish Times Australia: Trump’s Failure To Extend Nuclear Treaty Leaves Door ‘Wide Open’ to Arms Race February 4, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Previous article‘Vice President Next Door’ Joe Biden Renounces White House BidNext articleLong Overdue: Iraq Should Replace US with Russia LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment