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Published in: openSecurityLibya: politics before security?
Last week's attack against the US ambassador is a warning sign that large security gaps are threatening Libya's...
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Published in: openSecurityThe future of Security Sector Reform in the MENA region
Post 'Spring' Arab countries are characterized by a blurring of responsibilities between military and civilian...
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Published in: HomeThe United Arab Emirates: frontiers of the Arab Spring
The United Arab Emirates has yet to face Arab Spring street protests, as have Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and its other...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity Sector Reform In Bahrain
While the Bahrain government has implemented many of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry security sector...
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Published in: openSecurityShould one expect security sector reform in Egypt?
In the stand-off between the two main political actors, control over the security sector will be a major issue at...
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Published in: HomeThe UAE: holding back the tide
As a deeply-tribal and largely homogeneous society that has also engaged heavily both in state-branding and...
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Published in: HomeThe pathway to Tunisia’s constitutional future
The language of constitutional revision and civic values based on human rights has become the baseline of political...
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Published in: HomeThe struggle for security and against terrorism in Yemen: in whose interests?
People perceive that cash and support are available for military and security costs but not for development or...
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Published in: HomeYemen’s transition: a model to be followed?
What is actually happening in Yemen? It is either presented as a ‘solution’ which could be a model for Syria, or as...
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Published in: openSecurityNATO’s Middle East policy reform: learning from EU failures
In response to Josiah Surface, Andrea Teti argues that NATO must think innovatively about the assumptions...