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Prospects for a GCC-Iranian rapprochement?

A US-Iranian rapprochement over Iran's nuclear programme could improve general US-Iranian relations, leading to the lifting of Iran's painful sanctions. Could this in turn encourage improved relations between the countries of the GCC and Iran?

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 7 Oct 2013

Sectarian identities in Syria: pushed to the brink?

Failure to consider the potency of sectarian identities in Syria may produce the opposite effect intended for a strike, pushing parties further away from negotiations, and closer to the brink.

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 8 Sep 2013

Contradiction and carelessness in the Syrian situation

Since July 2012, the death toll in Syria exploded from 19,000 deaths to over 100,000 casualties. These deaths are arguably the result of the rapid militarisation of the Syrian conflict, following the decision by western powers to arm the opposition.

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 2 Sep 2013

Tunisia’s turning point

Tunisia’s second high-profile political assassination highlights the gravest shortcoming of the nascent Islamist government: the inability to contain the violence that increasingly threatens Tunisia’s fragile transition - a violence set to divide loyalties and destroy social cohesion, foreclosing

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 27 Jul 2013

Islam and democracy: Tunisia at a crossroads

Ennahda's attempts to institutionalise its power and silence its opposition cannot be condoned. Nevertheless, Tunisia’s stymied liberalisation process must be understood within the broader context of domestic power dynamics, rather than solely through the lens of an ‘anti-democratic’ Islamist regi

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 3 Jul 2013

Islam and democracy: Tunisia at a crossroads

Ennahda's attempts to institutionalise its power and silence its opposition cannot be condoned. Nevertheless, Tunisia’s stymied liberalisation process must be understood within the broader context of domestic power dynamics, rather than solely through the lens of an ‘anti-democratic’ Islamist regi

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 3 Jul 2013

Egypt’s uncertain road to prosperity: economic challenges to long‐term stability

The livelihoods of the Egyptian people are a political priority. In the 1990s, at the behest of the IMF and the US, neoliberalism exacerbated the gap between the haves and the have-nots by ensuring that the primary benefactors of growth have been wealthy Egyptians.

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 11 May 2012

Egypt’s uncertain road to prosperity: economic challenges to long‐term stability

The livelihoods of the Egyptian people are a political priority. In the 1990s, at the behest of the IMF and the US, neoliberalism exacerbated the gap between the haves and the have-nots by ensuring that the primary benefactors of growth have been wealthy Egyptians.

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 11 May 2012