Articles inside the category: Hearts and Minds
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Monday, 20 Feb, 2012
The lingering tension between Sudan, and the newest state in Africa, South Sudan has escalated in recent days. Oil-rich South Sudan has shut down its production of crude oil, and is unlikely to resume production for months, as a result of the stalemate reached by the two countries over how to share the oil proceeds.
South Sudan became independent in 2011, until which point the region was producing 260,000 barrels of oil per day. When the country achieved independence, one of the main poin...
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Monday, 13 Feb, 2012
On Sunday , the Arab League called on the United Nations to pass a resolution on sending a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping force to Syria, in response to mounting violence in the country. The meeting, which took place in Cairo, called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to all diplomatic ties with Syria’s increasingly illegitimate government.
While the most recent effort on the part of the Arab League represents another attempt to inspire a coordinated international response to the Syrian ...
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Tuesday, 7 Feb, 2012
In the last few months, Kuwait’s political system has been standing on the brink of instability. In uncharacteristic events for the country, a number of anti-government prote...
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Wednesday, 1 Feb, 2012
A number of recent reports on Libya have highlighted the astonishing change the country is currently undergoing. Perhaps no example is more demonstrative of the break with the ...
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Monday, 23 Jan, 2012
The Arab league convened on Sunday in Cairo in order to deliberate over the future of the organization’s mission to Syria. Despite the fact that the 22-member organization’...
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Monday, 16 Jan, 2012
This weekend, Tunisia celebrated the one year anniversary of its revolution. The event was commemorated by the gathering of thousands of people along the capital’s main stree...
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Thursday, 12 Jan, 2012
As the anniversary of Ben Ali’s departure approaches, many Tunisians are still amazed that with peaceful measures they were able to bring an end to his authoritarian regime. ...
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With the release of a statement this week announcing their plans to set up a political office, the Taliban created hopes for peace in a country long marred by conflict. Follo...
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Thursday, 5 Jan, 2012
Since the fall of Mubarak the tension between Egypt’s military rulers and protestors demanding for a break with past practices has dominated the country’s politics. Rather ...
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Monday, 19 Dec, 2011
Denial has for a long time been practiced as a political tactic. Leaders, like most individuals, rarely want to take responsibility for their errors in judgment. However, unlik...
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