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In the lead up to Geneva II, the picture emerging from the Middle East remains complicated, with political currents often moving in contrary directions. On Lebanon, for
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Egypt: Even before the military coup that overthrew President Morsi, it was plain that Egyptian society was fracturing – and fracturing in a profound, and
Disquieting, and worrisome events in Lebanon: A President (Sleiman) anxiously in search of re-election (due in May); a warning by King Abdallah to President Sleiman
Change in the region continues apace: Turkey:  Whilst no one should underestimate PM Erdogan’s sheer, brutal pugilism and ruthlessness to stay in power, the AKP undoubtedly
What is the ‘state of the nation’ – or more correctly of the Arab Middle East ‘nation’– at the end of 2013? We all know
The tempo of the regional dance of diplomacy has been heightened over recent days. Karzai, Maliki and Lavrov all have visited Tehran in recent days,
Three clear dynamics have chacterised the recent period since the signing of the Geneva Accord by the P5+1 and Iran. The first – for now
One of the most significant aspects of the Geneva Accord reached between Iran and the P5+1 is that it happened – in spite of the reported millions spent by
The severe shaking to the old order in the Middle East, dished up by President Obama with the Syrian and then the Iranian initiatives, seems
Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 10 – 17 January 2014
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In the lead up to Geneva II, the picture emerging from the Middle East remains complicated, with political currents often moving in contrary directions. On Lebanon, for
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