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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does Biden’s presidency mean for the future of the Gulf?Will the new president undo Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Qatar?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Oman, no security for the migrant health workers fighting the pandemicOman, like other Gulf states, has used migrant workers to achieve its development goals but has consistently failed...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDo not take Oman's stability for grantedWhile the future of Oman is far from certain, the world has so fair paid little attention to the turbulences that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPatriotism from fragmentation: the personal nationhood of OmanOman’s modern nationalism is ultimately the result of personal rule dominating all aspects of public administration....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaISIS airstrikes: how to rehabilitate dictators and destroy the revolutionThe American intervention will strengthen the hand of Arab autocrats against their opponents, Islamists and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of Gulf migrant workers is deeply connected to the fate of the Arab uprisingsThe more the Gulf states pay a reputational cost in the west for maintaining this system of exploitation, the harder...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe slow pace of female empowerment in the Gulf
These oil-rich countries cannot sustain long-term growth and prosperity if half the population remains marginalised...
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Published in: HomeThe black swan of the Gulf
The military and security apparatuses of these Gulf states plays a role in keeping the peace, but the best way...
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Published in: openSecurityThe United States and Pakistan – beyond the verbal division
The United States and Pakistan engage in a war of words. Iraq to strengthen air sovereignty with the acquisition of...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989 revisited
The establishment and deepening of a democratic culture is a long-term project and is intergenerational. As...
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Published in: HomeRefolution in the Arab worldA new word is needed to describe these events of recent months. They should be called ‘refolutions’, radical...
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Published in: HomeGulf States: studious silence falls on Arab Spring
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when...
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Published in: openSecurityTwenty-first century mercenaries - Afghanistan's answer?
Contracted officers could be the future of international support for the Kabul government, argues Ray Kane.
