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Elizabeth Dysktra McCarthy
October 21, 2016

Tajikistan: When the academics threaten freedom

Elizabeth Dysktra McCarthy
October 21, 2016

Arbitrary limits on free speech, access to information and political activism: authoritarianism in Tajikistan is peaking.

Tagged: Tajikistan, Central Asia, Freedom of Speech, Academics, Activism, Development, Human Rights, Rahmon

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Matthew Williams
October 18, 2016

The New Iraq: A Black Marketeer's Paradise

Matthew Williams
October 18, 2016

Powerful modern forces, not simply sectarianism and terrorism, are shaping the new Iraq.

Tagged: Iraqi Civil War, Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq Crisis, Haider al-Abadi, ISIS, Saddam Hussein, The Iraq War, Sunni, Shiite, Kurdistan, Iran, Turkey, Mosul, Baghdad

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Tim Hirschel-Burns
October 8, 2016

Questions for a Military Intervention in Syria

Tim Hirschel-Burns
October 8, 2016

If the West intervenes in Syria, do we really aid the millions who are suffering? 

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Matthew Williams
September 29, 2016

The Price of War: Famine in Yemen

Matthew Williams
September 29, 2016

How food insecurity, drone wars, revolution, conflict and foreign intervention pushed Yemen to the brink. 

Tagged: Yemen, AQAP, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Drone Warfare, United Kingdom, Syria, Middle East, Yemen Revolution, War Crimes

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Nino Orto
September 7, 2016

Were the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Mohammed Dahlan behind the failed coup in Turkey?

Nino Orto
September 7, 2016

Were the Turkish president's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood a factor in the coup? 

Tagged: Turkey, Gulf States, Erdogan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

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Matthew Williams
August 30, 2016

Operation Euphrates Shield: Erdogan's armour is blunting U.S ally's gains in northern Syria

Matthew Williams
August 30, 2016

War in northern Syria is reshaping the Middle East.

Tagged: Kurdistan, YPG, ISIS, USA, Russia, Turkey

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