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  • January 24, 2014

    Another Spring: The Middle East between history of revolts and future geopolitics

    Spring is a time for optimism, with the green shoots of summer pushing through after a long winter. Alas, things in the Middle East are now very different. With...

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  • January 24, 2014

    No more sacred cows

    Is a British newspaper report of violations against protesters in a military hospital in Cairo defamatory of the Egyptian Armed Forces, justifying hostile official statements? Does it play down...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Factional sedition and the challenges of Egyptian national security

    Egypt is falling victim to various incidents perceived to be the results of tension between Muslims and Christians which are sometimes targeting Christians and churches. Such incidents began in...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Salam Fayyad: the rise and fall... and rise again?

    Yasser Arafat’s attempt to support the Aqsa Intifada in order to rebel against the terms of the Oslo Accords backfired. Far from ending the Palestinian Authority’s role as a...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Dissolve the Palestinian Authority to be debt-free

    If Ismail Pasha brought foreign occupation onto Egypt after drowning it in debt, then what will Salam Fayyad and Mahmoud Abbas bring onto the Palestinians who are already under...

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  • January 24, 2014

    The revival of the old regime and the crisis of the revolution

    Surprising things happened in Egypt this week, reminding us that we were on the verge of forgetting about the revolution and opening our eyes to one or two things....

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  • January 24, 2014

    Lebanon: Even coffee is political

    LEBANON commemorated the 38th anniversary of its Civil War last week. In the days leading up to April 13, 1975 the country was virtually divided across sectarian lines. The...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Israel and the electronic war

    Despite the wide scale reaction caused by recent electronic attacks on Israel which targeted ministry websites and government facilities on the internet, it may be asserted that this attack...

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  • January 24, 2014

    So we don't shift from 'caretaker' to 'de facto' government

    Dr Salam Fayyad resigned after Palestinians had had enough of the blatant and bold international interventions in their internal affairs; and after attempts to impose a high commissioner on...

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  • January 24, 2014

    Is intervention in Syria closer to becoming a reality?

    On 16 April, it emerged that the US was sending 200 troops to Jordan, to establish a small headquarters near the border with Syria. While these troops will initially...

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