Nick Grinstead works as a project assistant at Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit, focusing on the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and political economy analysis.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMakhlouf no more? Russia is calling in the debts in SyriaRumors about Rami Makhlouf’s asset seizures might be signaling divisions between Russia and Iran in Syria.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrenemies forever: Iraqi Shi’a after MosulIn Baghdad Iraqi Shi’a political parties and elites are returning to patterns of infighting habituated by decades of...
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Published in: openSecurityYemen: under fire, desperate for peaceCan the Yemen peace talks succeed? The dire humanitarian situation demands it but political factionalism and...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iraqi crisis: rethinking the narrativeAn approach to Iraq focused on military intervention, with some humanitarian assistance, has defied the complexity...