MIDDLE EAST
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ISIS editorials illustrate the jihadist group’s efforts to reach out to marginalized Sunni-Arabs across Iraq and Syria
By Asaf Day Once a week, in its al-Naba magazines, the Islamic State publishes one-page polemic editorials. These pieces usually…
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Saudi Arabia and South Korea on the path to revitalization
By Alexander Woodman Since the middle of the 1970’s, the Middle East has had an increasingly significant influence on the development…
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Can India be a key player in the Middle Eastern dilemma?
By Samarth Kavoori and Megha Gupta The month of October 2018, proved to be a turbulent one globally. Beginning with the…
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Saudi Arabia and Silicon Valley’s crisis of conscience
By Nikhil Vaish Governments routinely do business with oppressive regimes based on geopolitical, intelligence-sharing and counter-terrorism requirements. I am not…
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Is Saudi Arabia serious about weaponization of oil?
By Ammar Younas Now many news agencies are claiming that the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will end up with…
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Dampening the fuse in the wider Middle East
By Rene Wadlow In an article “The Fuse: A Chain of Nations in Conflict” in the Bulletin of Peace Proposals…
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Risk of decreased relief funding for Palestinian refugees
By Ingrid Stephanie Executive Summary The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) recognizes the former United States Department of…
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Starving and bombed children of Yemen seek entrapment in flooded Thai cave
By Robert J. Burrowes While the world watched and waited with bated breath for the outcome of the substantial global effort…
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Yemen: political stalemate, mercenaries prosper, the population disintegrates, and humanitarian relief blocked
By Rene Wadlow A 27 June 2018 meeting of United Nations Secretariat and government experts on Yemen from a number…
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A singular gulf country in the Middle-East? How the UAE articulates its ‘’pro-secular’’ vision of the Arab World
By Sofiane Belmiloud To depict the Gulf crisis as a mere ‘’game of thobes’’ between affluent and ego-centric Sheikhs fails to…
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