Security Issues in the MENA Region
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 17 July 2017
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Jul, 2017
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Jul, 2017
Arab Monarchies and the Illusion of Stability
Galip Dalay | 10 July 2017
The Arab Spring barely touched the region's monarchies. But as the Qatari crisis shows, for the region's kings, the era of stability and exceptionalism is coming to an end The Arab Spring was an event [...]
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Jul, 2017
“Saudis want to eradicate Al Jazeera for defending freedom of expression”
Wadah Khanfar | 06 July 2017
Many springs have gone by since those few months in 2011 when Wadah Khanfar decided that the television network he headed, Al Jazeera,
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Jul, 2017
Qatar crisis: The limits of holiness and authority for Islamic religious institutions
Basheer Nafi | 06 July 2017
Egyptian and Saudi academics are taking aim at Doha - but history teaches that the role of scholars is far from straightforward
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Jul, 2017
War Crimes in Syria Amidst Geneva – Astana Conundrum | Yaser Tabbara
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 02 July 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aX8WUjZUzQ&feature=youtu.be
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Jul, 2017
Impact of Non-State Actors and Reestablishing Societal Peace in Syria | Ammar Kahf
Ammar Kahf | 02 July 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegcgFRfViM&feature=youtu.be
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Jun, 2017
Al-Jazeera gave Arab youth a voice. Gulf regimes must not silence it
Wadah Khanfar | 29 June 2017
Many states at different times have tried to contain al-Jazeera or force it to tone down its coverage. But with last week’s call to shut the network down, the Saudis and Emiratis have surpassed themselves. The [...]
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Jun, 2017
Authoritarian absurdity and the Gulf’s new ‘normal’
Galip Dalay | 25 June 2017
Any sane person will immediately recognize that the list of demands handed to Qatar was not meant to be accepted The much-awaited list of demands from the countries that have imposed a blockade on Qatar [...]
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Jun, 2017
Silencing Al Jazeera is focus of Qatar crisis
Wadah Khanfar | 20 June 2017 | AR
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and most Gulf states have joined an unprecedented diplomatic and economic attack on Qatar — cutting off the thumb which sticks out in to the Gulf — accusing it of funding terrorism. But at the centre [...]
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Jun, 2017
The Gulf crisis: Royal ambitions and shaky alliances
Galip Dalay | 16 June 2017 | AR
The scale, scope and causes of the Gulf crisis have been perplexing even for keen observers of the region's political scene. The architects of the blockade against Qatar are conducting a large-scale campaign of public diplomacy, [...]