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Africa
International Political Forum

Beachside Resorts And Insurgency, Trouble In Paradise?

On February 15th, in the first attack on tourists in almost a decade, a tourist bus driving through Egypt’s Sinaï Peninsula was prey to a bomb attack that claimed the lives of two South Korean tour guides, a South Korean tou...
by Timothy Poirson
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Bahrain
International Political Forum

Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has tried to cast itself as the head of the radical camp in the Middle East. Iran’s foreign policy did not lose its revolutionary zeal through the years. Iranian support for radical mov...
by Maged Mandour
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Development
International Political Forum

Time To Re-Politicise Private Property

The tenants of private property remain a guiding and integral component in the continued status of liberalism. This is irrespective of the different ways liberalism has manifested itself across the globe. While liberal policies...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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Iraq

UNESCO’s “Unite4Heritage” Campaign: Effective in the Middle East?

‘Syrian citizens were bent over, crumbled to the floor in rubble and crying for the loss they felt from seeing their buildings and monuments destroyed. These brave people had risked their own lives to try to save these ...
by Flo Carson
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Africa

Egypt’s Military Coup: The Slaughter Explained

The latest military  coup to oust the democratically elected President Morsi has throw Egypt back into turmoil. But why has this happened and why are the west reacting, on the face of it, quite pacifist to such events? These q...
by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui
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Economy

Time for Business-Executive Politics in the MENA Region

For decades Arab politics has been an easy ride for the well-established circles that governed states and countries in the MENA region. Whether it is by virtue of blood as in monarchies, money as in oligarchies or simply heavil...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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North America

The Impact of Social Media on Presidential Campaigns

The 2012 US election has become a revolution in and of itself. Of course, I could be referring to the dramatic changes in campaign finances or the outlandish comments made by candidates such as Todd Aiken.  However, my focus i...
by Kathleen Walpole
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Africa

“Vote For Peace”: The Contradiction of the Pre-Election Peace Messaging in Kenya

In about 24 hrs, polling stations around the country will open doors to 14 million Kenyans – expected to participate in their fifth national elections since the introduction of the multiparty system of democracy in 1992 a...
by George Gachara
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Politics

Constitute: The World’s Constitutions Online

New constitutions are written every year. The people who write these important documents need to read and analyze texts from other places, gaining inspiration and direction when crafting those all-important national foundations...
by Natasha Lipman
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