Articles tagged with: politcs
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Thursday, 24 May, 2012
Well before Egyptian diplomat Tahseen Bashir, who served under Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, dismissed most Arab states as “tribes with flags,” the region’s political banners had altered dramatically. Many of the regimes imposed in the Middle East by Britain and France after the first World War had been swept aside, replaced by nationalist strongmen like Nasser and Syria’s Hafez Al-Assad.
By the time Bashir passed away in 2002, the fashion of Arab politics was changing yet again...
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Wednesday, 4 Jan, 2012
Intense dispute has surrounded the implementation of an Arab League initiative to end the Syrian crisis since a delegation of Arab League observers arrived in Syria on 26 December. Opposition groups and activists inside and outside Syria have criticized the effectiveness of the mission, labelling it ineffective and practically redundant. The most salient criticisms feature accusations that the visiting team is too small for the task at hand—numbering less than 100 observers—and that the ...
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Friday, 23 Dec, 2011
This week’s coordinated bombings in Baghdad are only the latest instance of growing sectarian tension in Iraq. The competition is at the very heart of Iraq's government, betw...
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Friday, 23 Dec, 2011
Nuclear Fatwa: Religion and Politics in Iran’s Proliferation Strategy
Michael Eisenstadt and Mehdi Khalaji
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Because the su...
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