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Published in: digitaLibertiesMethod in Trump’s madness?A look at Donald Trump’s 'travel bans' with an eye to the harvesting of personal data, and the EU-US Privacy Shield,...
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Published in: HomeThree humanitarian proposals"The people we rescue are increasingly reporting having been exploited, abused, beaten, kidnapped for ransom or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWith a more enterprising Russia, cards are reshuffled in the Arab worldA new power structure is emerging in the Middle East as Russia uses its intervention in Syria to position itself as...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe knockout punch to the Libyan political agreementIf the LPA is not quickly and substantially amended to allow a new executable agreement to be reached, its end will...
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Published in: 50.50Are we all beheaded Copts?Is the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians by ISIS in Libya associated with a broader political project of cleansing...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesHidden Warfare 3: Special forcesWhile Britain’s conventional army is being slashed, Britain’s special forces are benefiting from special treatment....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLibyan political agreement: recipe for peace or disaster?The United Nations-brokered Libyan political agreement has failed to bear any fruits thus far because it does not...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS drone base in Tunisia: expanding a borderless war against terror to North AfricaBy normalising the use of drones, the US might be planting a seed that people in the Arab world reject: the seed of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Libyan GNA: the rise and impending fall of the Libyan political agreementA viable Libyan state that will restore normalcy and security to the daily lives of its citizens must be given the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNo, the intervention in Libya wasn't a successShadi Hamid's claims that the Western war in Libya went well ignore significant evidence of disaster.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From hybrid peace to human securityAn effective second generation human security policy that would actually improve everyday security, both in conflict...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor partners in managing refugee flows, don’t look to LibyaCurrent proposals for European cooperation with Libya to contain migration and refugee flows are ill-advised.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInterview: Martin Kobler, the UN envoy trying to put Libya back togetherThe veteran German diplomat speaks about the challenge of uniting Libya and ending a civil war.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Iraq and Syria didn’t create ISIS - we didAfter the Paris attacks, ISIS became yesterday’s story, as if the terrorist movement had disappeared into far lands...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy airstrikes on ISIS in Libya could worsen the situation in TunisiaConcerns that bombing ISIS in Libya might destabilise Tunisia were tragically confirmed last week, as ISIS militants...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTo the shores of TripoliGreat Britain and Italy are preparing to send ground troops to Libya, and American troops will likely be involved...
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Published in: HomeHans Blix – a diplomatic lifeHans Blix ponders his long career in international politics and diplomacy, the state of the Middle East, and why he...
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Published in: HomeIf ISIS uses chemical weapons, the west will be partly responsibleHow can the international community respond effectively and promptly to this growing threat, not just to the Middle...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAnti-colonialism, grassroots nationalism and their impacts on international relations in EgyptHow do uprisings and national discourses in Egypt shape the international relations of the country? How are we to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?With eyes on Europe, we are forgetting those still crossingInstead of focusing on this humanitarian crisis, governments in Europe, the United States and Canada are only...
