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Published in: openSecurityEurope and NATO's response to the Arab UprisingsWestern governments need to recognize that authoritarian regimes are often fierce but not strong; that privatisation...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism - an interview with the authorIn his new book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings across the Middle East have finally put an...
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Published in: HomePartners in democracy, partners in security: NATO and the Arab Spring
Sponsored by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the US Mission to Germany, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the...
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Published in: HomeDraining the hourglass: Iraqi refugees in JordanIn Jordan, Iraqi refugees are commonly referred to as ‘brothers’ yet at the same time also suffer a variety of...
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Published in: oDRPersian games: Iran’s strategic foothold in TajikistanWhile international attention on Iran focuses on the country's nuclear programme and anti-western rhetoric, few have...
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Published in: HomeDoing ‘business’ with Syria.
For Israel, the opportunity to do business with Syria and break its alliance with Iran is more valuable than the...
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Published in: HomeThe Saudi-Syria-Iran-Israel-Palestine nexus
The toxins of the Israel-Palestine conflict continue to spill into a region that with difficulty and with setbacks...
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Published in: HomeSyria, morality and geopolitics
An accurate reading of the Syrian crisis must take into account the political interests and motives of leading...
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Published in: HomePartners in need: Turkey, the European Union and the United States face the Arab Spring
The Arab spring has cast Turkey back into the western fold and away from alternative alliance patterns which seemed...
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Published in: HomeExplaining Qatar's foreign policy
Qatar plays a key role in the Middle East, mostly because of its successful foreign policy, which has the...
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Published in: HomeIslamists bring religion down to earth: the end of religious idealism
The movement was in disarray until the historical revolution offered it a second life - a revolution that they did...
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Published in: HomeAmerica, Israel, Iran: mediation vs war
A military build-up, harsh rhetoric, third-country attacks - and the political calendar - make war against Iran a...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab revolts in year two
The uprisings across the Arab world are becoming more complex and variable as they enter their second year. This...
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Published in: HomeThe seasonal effects of an Arab Spring
The diplomatic and political elites of Iran and Turkey give the impression that they are keen to adopt some form of...
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Published in: HomeSanctioning Iranian oil
With increasing geopolitical instability in oil producing states and the barriers that stand in the way of reaching...
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Published in: HomeThinking about war with Iran
The real Iranian threat is not its nuclear capacity but its independence. If Iran continues to stand as a model of...
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Published in: HomeStrait of Hormuz: Iran’s bluff and the west’s fears
Iranian military action in the Strait of Hormuz is highly unlikely. It would not at all benefit most global and...
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Published in: HomeThe quiet war in Saudi Arabia
There are good reasons not only for the media, but for western governments to begin taking an active interest in the...
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Published in: HomeEurope and democracy-promotion: making good
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are provoking the European Union into a rethink of its approach to encouraging democracy...
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Published in: Home2011, lessons of hubris
The Arab uprisings expose the self-delusion of the powerful - from the region itself to Turkey, Germany and the rest...
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