Tag: Middle East & North Africa
128 Articles
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Sovereignty and Responsibility in Syria
In academia, Syria provides food for thought about intervention, war crimes, and the role of ethics in international affairs, as well as a useful opportunity to discuss the…
February 15, 2012
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The Georgetown Journal’s Guide to US-Sudan Relations
Following Sudan’s independence in 1956, relations between the two nations remained cordial. However, relations soured in 1973 when the Palestinian paramilitary group Black…
February 8, 2012
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The Journal Revisited: A New Direction for US-Egyptian Relations by Lucas Chan
Hamid, the Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center, said that Western support was crucial: “democratization is more likely to succeed with, rather than without,…
January 31, 2012
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From the Views of Our Adversaries
Atlantic columnist Robert Wright praised Representative Paul’s advertisement, and he writes: “I’ve long thought that the biggest single problem in the world is the failure…
January 25, 2012
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India, Iran and the US: Three to tango?
This limited list includes but is not limited to China, Russia, India, Japan and the EU. As expected, the EU promptly fell in line, and with a little coaxing, Japan too. Tokyo…
January 24, 2012
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Morocco’s Parliamentary Elections: More of the Same
The results themselves are not particularly surprising. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), a moderate Islamist party, won the largest share of seats (107 out of 395) while…
December 1, 2011
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On the Killing of Anwar al-Aulaki: Five Minutes with Dr Elizabeth Grimm
GJIA: Did al-Aulaki’s American citizenship, along with his native English, make him particularly effective as a jihadist evangelist and recruiter? Eg: Al-Aulaki’s…
October 24, 2011
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Strategic Optimism and the Arab Spring
These bloody events are tragic and ominous – but they are not a reason to give up on the Arab Spring. The popular protests that swept the Arab world this year are still the…
October 24, 2011