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America’s Technology and Sanctions War Will End, by Bifurcating the Global Economy

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Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, 18 Dec 2018 “The true reason behind the US-China ‘trade’ war has little to do with actual trade … What

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06/04/2013

Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment

This 'Weekly Comment' is produced most Fridays by Conflicts Forum with links to key articles published in the regional and international media during the past week.

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29 March – 5 April  The deteriorating temper of the region can be encapsulated in three recent events:  A Sunni imam of a mosque in Aleppo this week

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29/03/2013

CF’s Weekly Comment

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22-29 March 2013 The Scale of the Airbridge of Weapons lifted to the Syrian Opposition: In an officially-inspired New York Times article, the sheer scale of weapons transfers

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22/03/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment

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15- 22 March 2013 Iraq War – Tenth Anniversary commentary: Paul Pillar, a former CIA officer and now professor at Georgetown University, reflecting back to that era,

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15/03/2013

Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment

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NEW!! This new ‘Weekly Comment’ will be produced most Fridays by Conflicts Forum and will be posted on CF’s website, with links to key articles

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20/12/2012 Article

The Sharaa interview and the Iranian proposal: the need for a political solution

/ Amal Saad Ghorayeb

Tags: Iran, Syria

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Originally published in Amal Saad-Ghorayeb’s counter-hegemony unit blog, 18 Dec 2012 The concurrence of two important Syria-related developments today—Farouk al-Sharaa’s interview with Al-Akhbar and Iran’s 6 point proposal to resolve

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19/12/2012 Article

Al-Sharaa’s Proposal: Syria’s Last Chance

/ Ibrahim al-Amin

Tags: Syria

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Originally published in Al-Akhbar English, December 18, 2012. The fighters on the ground in Syria are getting increasingly caught up in the minutiae of their daily

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28/11/2012 Article

US lurching toward Middle East quagmire

/ M K Bhadrakumar

Tags: Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, USA

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Published November 28 2012 on Indian Punchline   Barack Obama’s second term as president hasn’t yet begun, but it is going to be a tumultuous one

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27/11/2012 Publication

Peace on new terms in the post-Arab Spring Middle East

/ Ismail Patel

Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East

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In the post Arab Spring milieu, the democratically elected government of the Palestinian people, Hamas, has found an ear from quarters once viewed by them

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26/11/2012 Article

The New Hamas: Challenges of Resistance

/ Ibrahim al-Amin

Tags: Hamas, Political Islam, Resistance

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Originally posted on Al-Akhbar English  November 23, 2012 The great praise being voiced for the steadfastness of the people and resistance in Gaza cannot blind us to

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