20/06/2009 Article

Liberty Leads the People, Even in Tehran

America did not elect Obama simply because we hoped he would be a realistic president. We elected him because he talked in ideals.

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Democracy, Iran

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Bitter Lemons, June 18, 2009 We in the “the West” have a special place in our traditions for anniversaries. We celebrate two important ones just

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12/06/2009 Publication

Why the Saudi Shiites Won’t Rise Up Easily

/ Leo Kwarten

Tags: Saudi Arabia, Shiites

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Shiite citizens face considerable religious, political and social discrimination in Saudi society. In the 1970s and 1980s, this situation has instigated bloody street protests and

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11/06/2009 Article

The Essence of Islamist Resistance: A Different View of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Islamists

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Article posted in New Perspectives Quarterly, June 2, 2009 Most Western analysts of political Islam make the same mistake. They instinctively assume that conflict with

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01/06/2009 News

Conflicts Forum receives grant from JRCT

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Conflicts Forum is the sole UK recipient of a one-off peaceful relations grant administered by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation (JRCT) for our work on

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