Educated at Oxford and Georgetown Universities, Jaffar Al-Rikabi is a researcher in Middle East politics and economics
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Published in: openSecurityIn Arab Protests, Oil Role Defies Simple ExplanationsOil is perhaps the most commonly cited factor in explaining the course of the various Arab revolutions in train...
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Published in: openSecurityA Middle Eastern recipe of strife and blood, sprinkled with tempered hope
As Ramadan begins, we look at how the Arab Spring turns into an Arab Summer with increasingly messy situations in...
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Published in: openSecurityNorway's promise: a measured counter-terrorism strategy
Norway's response so far holds the hope of a measured counter-terrorism strategy. But the media and policy makers...
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Published in: openSecurityUS and Iraq grapple with US troop deployment extension
US and Iraqi leaders discuss future Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq. Syrian tanks and troops deployed to Homs....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReady, set, crawl!
Despite protests and intense political pressure on Prime Minister Maliki’s coalition government, reforms in Iraq are...