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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSistani’s game changerInternally, Sistani’s words directly addressed the fractured Iraqi political class. They are helping reunite Iraq’s...
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Published in: HomeISIL, Iraq and interventionISIL is now intent on consolidating its military gains in Iraq. Any western intervention would play into the group's hands.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe want our Rights not Magna Bollocks
Today is Magna Carta Day. The great charter was sealed on 15 June 799 years ago. As preparations begin for the 800th...
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Published in: 50.50Rape, marriage, and rightsWhile the proliferation of domestic violence legislation worldwide is a positive and much-needed development, the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRamblings from BaghdadOne thing this is definitely not about: the wishes of the Iraqi people. Local Sunni citizens who are the alleged...
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Published in: openSecurityIs ISIS on the march in Iraq?The remarkable resurgence of Sunni-fundamentalist violence in Iraq has taken the west by surprise, yet it is a...
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Published in: HomeLebanon and Syria-Iraq: who is more fragile?
The depiction of Lebanon as the most brittle and even artificial nation in its region is based more on myth than...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe no-State solution for Israel and Palestine
As the latest talks on a two-state solution sputter, the concept of one state for Palestinians and Israelis is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOnly in Egypt’s media: women raped because the “guys were having a good time”
A long battle lies ahead. People need to start taking responsibility and stop trying to find scapegoats, whether the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJordan’s Muslim Brothers: the last of a dying breed?
Jordan is unlikely to follow Saudi Arabia and ban its Muslim Brotherhood. Fraught with internal divisions, the...
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Published in: HomeBrazil, protest and the World Cup
A year of social turbulence preceded Brazil's hosting of football's World Cup, with the competition itself a...
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Published in: openSecurityBrazil: a country of jangled nervesAs the World Cup opens, few Brazilians are heading for the beach to samba: behind the stereotype is a country which...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Whither Europe? The Modest Camp vs the Federalist AusteriansProposals are multiplying – especially as evidence mounts that the crisis is continuing, despite all the official...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMoroccan political cinema and the Arab Spring: an interview with Hicham LasriI was interested by the electricity in the air, the aggression and the disarray of those in power.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Electoral winners and political losers in the right-wing Eurosceptic campCould the political success of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the aftermath of the 2014 European...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot the end of the "Arab Spring", is it?Much has happened in the Middle East in the last four years, but in Europe, the development of the state and of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMob sex attacks and the everyday reality of street children in Egypt
What the revolutionary class are experiencing in Egypt now is only the initiation of what thousands of children on...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe contentious politics of China’s New Citizens MovementDespite their many efforts to stave off greater mobilization inspired by the ideals of the New Citizens Movement,...
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Published in: openEconomyThe economics of anxiety: neoliberalism as obsessional neurosisNeoliberalism is not a monolithic shock doctrine. It is an anxious form of crisis management, which evolves through...
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Published in: HomeBloody mess: why sovereigns fail, and how they get away with itWhen confronted with the question of how much killing is enough the answer is always more (c.f. Blair’s calls for...
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