Articles written by: Emma Richardson
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Thursday, 5 Jul, 2012
The Lord Garden Memorial Lectures are given annually by the Liberal International British Group to commemorate Tim Garden, a former Director of Chatham House. On 21 June, the fifth lecture of the series was given in which Jon Snow was invited to speak about Iran.
In his lecture, Snow’s essential argument is that “we could not have constructed a worse relationship with another country than we’ve managed with Iran”. He defends this statement by listing multiple examples o...
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Tuesday, 26 Jun, 2012
Anti-government protests have been held recently in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, due to new austerity measures being put in place to help tackle Sudan’s current economic crisis. Sudan’s situation worsened significantly last year, when South Sudan formed an independent nation and took 75 percent of the oil reserves with it. The resulting sharp drop in oil income has spread to import-dependent urban life; inflation is now at 30 percent. In an attempt to address the economic turmoil, Preside...
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Friday, 15 Jun, 2012
Instability in Yemen was thrown into a harsh light this week as the Yemeni Army—strongly backed by US military assistance—recaptured significant strongholds held by Al-Qaeda in...
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Friday, 15 Jun, 2012
In a recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG), Tunisia is said to be facing formidable social and economic challenges that threaten to halt progress despite continued ...
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Wednesday, 6 Jun, 2012
A US drone attack killed Abu Yahya Al-Libi, the alleged second in command of Al-Qaeda, in Pakistan tribal north-west region on Tuesday 4 June 2012. Given Al-Qaeda’s structura...
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