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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIt’s less about Iran and more about stability in the Middle EastHistory suggests that attempts to exclude such regional powers produce instability, or worse.
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Published in: HomeIt will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submitThe Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.
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Published in: HomePolitical shake-up and localism can edge Ethiopia forwardsTo end paralysis, the political landscape needs restructuring: resurgent grassroots democracy must smother elitism,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: Divisions as country heads towards controversial electionsWill the Algerian public unite again once time has unraveled a clearer picture for the future?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe obstacle to Gay rights in Lebanon: homophobia or westphobia?The negotiation between acceptability and repression is embedded in an East vs. West clash.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaVeiling and revolutions: from Algeria to SudanWith women leading revolutions in Sudan and Algeria, it is natural to wonder again, will Arab uprisings be finished by women?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to lobby Washington to deathA business model from hell and the war in Yemen.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PNL and ‘European Others’How France’s most successful rappers set about countering Europe's hegemonic narratives.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBAE’s evasive justifications for arming Saudi’s Yemen warCampaigners attended the UK arms company’s AGM and asked some tough questions. The answers failed to convince.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJournalism in Raqqa (IV): War, reconstruction and power strugglesThe media environment in Raqqa, as the one in Rojava, cannot be read through a black and white prism.
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Published in: HomeTurkey: the post-election brawl – a regime at a crossroadsThe mission that “revolutionary guards” took upon themselves in the aftermath of the putsch was to radically...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKurdish women’s experience of state violence in TurkeyAn Interview with the Migration Monitoring Association (GÖÇİZDER) that illuminates the invisible aspects of the war...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of the Syrian KurdsThe fate of the region became unknown after US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of his troops from...
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka, and the lessons still not learned in the failed “war on terror”Attacks in Sri Lanka and elsewhere suggest that the al-Qaida/ISIS phenomenon is still very much with us, despite...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWelcome to the new Algerian revolution: an interview with Hamza HamoucheneWhile the first wave of the revolutions ended in defeat, it was sure to be back in Sudan and now Algeria with...
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Published in: HomeWe already know who will win the war in Libya – western arms dealersThey armed Gadaffi and the forces that ousted him alike – now they’re repeating that profitable trick.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJournalism in Rojava (III): The conflicting identities of independent mediaIn this four-part series Yazan Badran and Enrico De Angelis explore the media environment in northeastern Syria. The...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Sometimes it’s worth the fight”Actress and photographer Raneem Al Daoud on unpicking prejudice and chasing her ambition from Amman to Los Angeles...
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Published in: ourEconomyRethinking the World Trade OrganisationThe global trading system has long served the interests of global corporations over developing countries. It's time...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria in revolt: “We woke up and you will pay!”The abdication of President Bouteflika is a historic victory for the Algerian people — but the struggle for a true...
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