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Published in: HomeRebuilding the wallsThe internet promised “shared humanity in all its messy glory”. But national governments are keen to turn back the...
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Published in: HomeSaudi Arabia and Qatar ratchet up sectarian and ethnic tensions in IraqIraq, a decade after the US-led invasion and one year after the end of the US occupation, is grappling not merely...
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Published in: HomeIslam in the Arab transformationsThe Shari’a is largely irrelevant to most important issues of policy and administration in the economy and in...
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Published in: openSecurityIn conversation: Syria in perspective
Fawaz Gerges and Rosemary Hollis with Robin Yassin-Kassab at the openDemocracy conference Syria's peace: what, how,...
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Published in: HomeAll change in Saudi Arabia? Not quite yet
It should never be underestimated with the Saudi ruling family, the importance of regime stability at all costs.
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Published in: HomeBRICS, a new cooperation model?
One of the criticisms made of the emerging economies is that they are using cooperation to gain markets, political...
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Published in: HomeThe mosque and the palace
The Arab monarchies must not be undermined by the Islamist movements, but rather should come to some sort of working...
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Published in: HomeWhy do Arab rulers want a ceasefire in Gaza but not in Syria?
The rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar insist that Bashar Assad step down or be removed by force because the Syrian...
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Published in: HomeA new dawn in Saudi?
Two men are now heading the virtual entirety of the Kingdom’s intelligence gathering apparatuses. MbN’s control over...
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Published in: HomeConcern and frustration in the Gulf
America is still the Gulf states' indispensable ally, but the indecisiveness of Obama's policy in the Middle East is...
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Published in: HomeUS elections and the Gulf States
Do the Gulf States expect anything at all from the next president of the US?
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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: HomeUSA holds its breath as Saudi Arabia’s uprising surmounts the regime’s impregnable shield
In Saudi eyes any concession, no matter how insignificant, let alone a triumph by the Bahraini uprising, would...
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Published in: HomeWriting about Saudi Arabia
My articles will seek to present the Saudi Arabian context as a historical, societal and political landscape full of...
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Published in: HomeThe failure of democracy under Islamism
The fall of autocratic regimes in the Arab world have led to the inevitable rise to power of Islamist groups who...
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Published in: HomeAmerica, Israel, Iran: the weapons trail
What are the prospects of war over Iran? The hi-tech arms and intelligence trade between Washington and its regional...
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Published in: HomeSaudi Arabia's moribund monarchy
Though only a limited reform, and one that seems to have been quickly dispatched, the Allegiance Institute remains...
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Published in: HomeSaudi Arabia's succession: securing the status quo
Known as the ‘Sudairi Seven’ – a reference to their mother Hassa al-Sudairi – this segment of the Saudi dynasty has...
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Published in: HomeSyria, the proxy war
The conflict in Syria is being shaped by the strategic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. A descent into even...
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Published in: HomeSyria, Iraq, and al-Qaida's opportunity
A new phase of violence in Iraq and the dynamics of the conflict in Syria provide fertile conditions for the...
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