Hearts and Minds
Insights into reconciliation, de-radicalization, reintegration, identity creation and other processes of war-torn communities from contributing editor, Paula Mejia.
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Wednesday, 3 Aug, 2011
In recent days the international community has been taking strategic decisions to cut their losses in Libya. As NATO operations have yet to deliver tangible results in bringing about an end to the civil war in the country, two recent events have hinted to the West’s increasing realization that they miscalculated a number of factors when they decided to intervene militarily.
For one, the UK, which has been until recently adamant about forcing Qadhafi to leave Libya, has recently come aro...
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Tuesday, 26 Jul, 2011
Not only have protests in Tahrir square continued, with many protestors expressing their discontent with the pace of reforms, but in recent days these protests have taken a violent dimension further endangering the prospects for a stable transition in Egypt. Just this weekend “knife-wielding supporters of the council set on thousands of activists determined to march on the defence ministry,” as was reported by the Financial Times.
Although many likened the incident to the “Day of th...
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Wednesday, 20 Jul, 2011
In a fascinating article by The Economist this week, Tunisia and Egypt’s revolutionary set backs are compared to those experienced by Lebanon’s Cedar Revolution in 2005. Mo...
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Thursday, 14 Jul, 2011
While the US government has known about this weapons trafficking for sometime, it was not until February that officials released the information. In addition to mortar shells a...
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Tuesday, 5 Jul, 2011
On Monday Morocco took its first steps to setting up a constitutional monarchy, as the referendum on a new constitution was backed by 98 percent of those who voted.
This mon...
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Thursday, 30 Jun, 2011
In recent weeks rebel forces have seen a number of setbacks. Although Misurata had experienced a brief period of calm allowing rebels to move towards the capital, last week for...
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Wednesday, 22 Jun, 2011
Five months after the revolution in Tunisia, former President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and his wife have been tried in absentia and sentenced to 35 years in prison against cha...
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Tuesday, 14 Jun, 2011
Surely Qaddafi’s most recent appearance on television during which he reiterated that he would stay in Libya “dead or alive” however has reminded the world that although ...
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Thursday, 9 Jun, 2011
The state of human rights in North Africa is shocking. While so-called revolutions are taking place for greater political freedoms, women in this part of the world continue to ...
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The G-8 summit held in France last week dedicated a great deal of attention to the future of the Middle East following the wave of unexpected protests that have been shaking th...
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