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Give Transition A Chance

Sunday 23rd February marked the 33rd anniversary of what Spanish people call ’23-F’. Just five years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the country was slowly transitioning towards democracy. But on the 2...

by Daniel Cavanillas

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The Regionalisation Of Counterinsurgency In Egypt

Conflicts today are increasingly difficult to contain within a single set of borders, and are now more complex in nature due to the multiplicity of actors that each have their own vested interests in the given conflicts. This m...

by Timothy Poirson

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Could Rebels be Syria’s Solution?

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”icon_link”] With “Operation Damascus Volcano” under way, it is clear that opposition forces, ar...

by Nadine Tewfik-Saad

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“Bad News for the Peace Pigeon” {Cartoon}

As the Israeli election ends in a dramatic deadlock, a badly weakened Netanyahu is now forced to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps. Scroll down for the cartoon.

by Mohammad Ali Ziaei

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Gender Apartheid in the Saudi State: A Never Ending Saga

As a woman with a driving licence, who enjoys travelling without my father’s permission and one who chooses to bare my face in public, I have always been drawn into the never-ending saga surrounding the women of Saudi Arabia....

by Rosanna Rafel

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Water, Water Everywhere

Last May, when Ethiopia began diverting the course of the Blue Nile as part of a project aimed at building the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa, Egypt’s reaction was fierce. Following the June 1st report of the trilateral...

by Anna Lazzarin

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An Innovative Approach To Human Rights.

Scores of non-governmental organizations sprout every year in Geneva. Many of them dedicated to Human Rights in one way or another. So when a new NGO is established on the same theme, it draws little or no attention because it ...

by Nadim Souss

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WATCH: The Syrian Puppets of Freedom

Demonstrations calling for freedom at the heart of the palace of Bashar al-Assad (or Bisho, as a sarcastic nickname); puppets taking the forms of children, martyrs, shabbiha, and freedom fighters; a dictator screaming, “I am ...

by Syria Untold

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Iraq, ISIS, And The War On Terror: Why We Must Face This Threat Head On

In 2004, the BBC released filmmaker Adam Curtis’s documentary, The Power of Nightmares. In its three episodes, he carefully and convincingly made the case for the threat of international terrorism being greatly exaggerated; I...

by Simon Fraser

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Give Transition A Chance

The Regionalisation Of Counterinsurgency In Egypt

Could Rebels be Syria’s Solution?

“Bad News for the Peace Pigeon” {Cartoon}

Gender Apartheid in the Saudi State: A Never Ending Saga

Water, Water Everywhere

An Innovative Approach To Human Rights.

WATCH: The Syrian Puppets of Freedom

Iraq, ISIS, And The War On Terror: Why We Must Face This Threat Head On

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