Battle for Academic Freedom in Turkey
by JOE HILL The Rectorate Building at Boğaziçi University Throughout January, peaceful protests, advocating academic freedom, were...
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The Arab Spring – 10 Years On by Ali Al-Enazi
Written by Ali Al-Enazi Tahrir Square, Cairo was the centre of the Egyptian Arab Spring Revolution. What occurred 10 years ago in the...
The assassination of Iran's top scientist: Masterstroke or miscalculation?
By ARTHUR KLEINMAN How does one define a nominally clandestine activity principally designed to illustrate beyond doubt the culpability...
The death of Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah marks the end of an era
BY ARTHUR KLEINMAN For the Middle East, the current moment is a foreboding one. With a number Arab states riven by conflict – in most...
Bahrain has normalised relations with Israel. Is Saudi Arabia next?
Earlier this month, it was announced that Bahrain would establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. This makes Bahrain the fourth...
Peace in our time, but not for Afghanistan
By TARAS TRUNOV Donald Trump is far from the first figure we would consider a peacemaker, and yet in February of 2020, it was in Trump’s...
The Abraham Accord: clarity or catastrophe for the Middle East?
By HANNA BAJWA The new treaty between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, known as the Abraham Accord, has been described as...
US and Taliban deal: progressive or problematic?
On February 29th 2020, history was made in a conditional peace agreement signed between the US and the Taliban. The deal was signed by...
Yemen should not be suffering in silence
Journalists in Yemen are being silenced, whilst the West holds its hands over its eyes. In 2019, Reporters Without Borders released a...
Is There A Future For The Israeli Centre-Left?
At what point does procedure descend into farce? For many Israelis, one would imagine that this threshold was met in abundance when the...
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