Andrew I. Pereira

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Feb 26, 2021, 12:39 PM

Russia’s History of Poisonings

On 20th August 2020, Alexei Navalny - a prominent Russian opposition leader + a huge critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin began to have seizures and became violently ill on a flight to Moscow. Initially no one knew the cause...

Jul 3, 2015, 12:55 AM

A Fractured History of Football in Israel

It was 53 minutes into the game when Sweden produced a brilliant team effort to break the deadlock and silence the small number of Israeli fans in attendance. Having lost the previous match 2-0 to Uruguay, Israel saw the...

Jan 18, 2014, 11:13 AM

Media Myths: The biased vilification of Ariel Sharon

Two days ago an article chronicling the "ruthless" legacy of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon was published in one of the most prestigious newspapers in India. The author of the opinion piece is a renowned Marxist scholar currently based...

Jan 11, 2014, 9:39 AM

Soccer, boycotts, racism and Israel

The United Arab Emirates deems itself as the epitome of modernity among the largely conservative Islamic nations of the Gulf region. It brags about tolerating a cosmopolitan culture and society that is intolerant towards racism and boasts of a...

Jan 5, 2014, 8:47 PM

The Lebanese conundrum

"Who cares???? Its boring now", writes one Facebook user in a response to a BBC article about the bomb blast that ripped Beirut just three days ago. "Another day, another bombing, Middle east pffft, catch up and get out...

Dec 31, 2013, 5:14 PM

A recipe for stalling peace talks

It has been only a year after Operation Pillar of Defense and war clouds have already started to gather over Israel and the West Bank. There is growing chatter of another upheaval - a potential third Intifada. The spine-tingling accounts of violence and...

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Andrew Pereira is a writer covering the MENA region, Caucasus, and Central Asia for Statecraft.

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