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It is a “melancholy perspective indeed”, writes Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Centre. “But the time when Assad might have been defeated by a truly inept opposition
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In the sense that the outcome to P5+1 negotiations with Iran will mark a key inflection point for the Middle East – one way or
We noted last week that President Obama’s key Middle East foreign policy issues had turned suddenly sour – on the eve of President Obama and
It has been a week in which President Obama’s foreign policy initiatives have turned sour; and to make it worse, they seem all to have
A well-connected colleague (based in Washington) notes: “Regarding Syria, US attention has dropped precipitately, with the result that US intelligence analysts are warning that Assad is making military
The stress and turmoil affecting the centre of the Sunni world is pulling other members of the GCC into its vortex. The political grouping, the
It seemed irremediable: If we cast back to 2008 and 2009, a small but significant part of the Iranian polity seemed to have cut itself
There is a new government in Lebanon – though one not yet in possession of a parliamentary vote of confidence, nor indeed a Ministerial Statement
Conflicts Forum’s Weekly Comment 11 – 18 April 2014
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It is a “melancholy perspective indeed”, writes Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Centre. “But the time when Assad might have been defeated by a truly inept opposition
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