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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - April 14, 2014Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring popular uprisings – myth and realityIt is critical to recognize the significance of this revolutionary chapter in the modern history of the Middle East...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - March 20, 2014Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression but conditions apply
Egypt has jailed journalists by the dozen; the Gulf is jailing people for tweets they send and surveillance...
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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: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab Spring and the changing balance of global powerFrom an empirical-analytical point of view, what has happened in the Middle East and North Africa since Mohammed...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUAE's political show trials
The latest trial saw 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis found guilty in a process marred by a litany of human rights and...
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Published in: HomeBizarre trials in UAE
The logic of the authorities is truly Orwellian – the only offence of the ‘criminals’ was thought crime.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Egyptian crisis and its regional effects
Should Egypt collapse into violence and disarray, supporting the Army might well make the UAE look similar to how...
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Published in: HomeTurkey: looking east and west
The ongoing protests have only emphasised the gap between the Turkish government and the EU, and between Turkey and...
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Published in: HomeNo-go areas and arms deals
With a worsening human rights record that includes the alleged torture of both British and Emirati citizens,...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s guns, debt and corruption
This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade,...
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Published in: HomeInstitutionalising the Arab Gulf Governments
For the Arab States of the Gulf there are two kinds of reforms, those that are acceptable and those that are off...
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Published in: HomeUAE cybercrimes law and EU principle
It is impressive, but also expedient, that an EU resolution condemning the human rights record of a vital trading...
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Published in: HomeUAE: a human-rights lens
The United Arab Emirates' human-rights record is under new scrutiny. The European Union should follow the lead of...
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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: HomeSurf safely!
With such tech savvy, demographically very young populations, policing the internet will always be a losing battle....
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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: HomeThe UAE: a fake diamond?
Recently the state has adopted a far more developed and pervasive programme to alienate, punish and detain the opposition.
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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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