Arab Spring
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AFRICA
Ten years since NATO overthrew Libya’s Gadhafi
It’s 10 years since NATO hammered defenceless Libya and French jets drove the mercurial President Muammer Gadhafi into a drainage…
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Editor's Picks
Looking back from the year 2250
In 1776 Adam Smith published his “Wealth of Nations” which has guided economists and political thinkers ever since. It marks…
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New world destabilizing wave
Many of democratic elections in the last decade have been marked by accusations of electoral fraud (Nigeria, Ukraine, Mexico, Belarus,…
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Lebanon’s revolutionary wins amid regional losses: Iran in the Arab Spring 2.0
By Jasmin Lilian Diab In a little over a month and a half now, anti-government protests against corruption, economic incompetence,…
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Editor's Picks
A second Arab Spring brewing?
What has been happening in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan for the past one and half months is nothing short…
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AFRICA
Algeria’s belated Arab Spring
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa A popular uprising against Algeria’s dictatorship has forced President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing autocrat who has…
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ASIA
Arab Spring vs Iranian Spring: Why protests are important for a state?
By Amma Younas The protests which began in Iran are a reaction towards the increasing prices of fuel and food products,…
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MIDDLE EAST
All breaking beds of our most favored aggressor
By Elodie Pichon 2017 will be a challenging year for Saudi Arabia, who is losing its leadership in the Middle…
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MIDDLE EAST
Turkey’s foreign policy reorientation
By Dr. Abdul Ruff Today, Turkey is facing three major problems and though it employs diplomatic skills to cater for…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Past decade in Syria in 5 minutes
By David Swanson The accepted story in the United States of what’s happened in Syria is just that, a story…
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