The Peaceful Rising of the Silent Dragon in the Middle East
Arman Mahmoudian examines the return of great power competition in the Middle East and China’s role within the region.
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Kuwait’s Position in the Gulf-Lebanon Diplomatic Row
Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the diplomatic row between four Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members and Lebanon and how it represents new challenges and severe complications for Beirut.
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Turkey-West Relations: The Escalating Crisis of Trust and Path Dependency
Oya Dursun-Özkanca examines the post-2019 developments in Turkey-West relations and argues that there is increasing use of boundary-breaking intra-alliance opposition process, creating a dangerous path dependency.
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Persistent Impunity Raises Concerns Around Iraqi Elections & Democracy
Ghazi Ghazi sits down with Sally Bachori, one of the founding members of Ending Impunity in Iraq to learn more about the organization and their grassroots movement.
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Contemporary Turkey Edition
Read our 2021 Fall Contemporary Turkey Edition here
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Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2020). Pp. 344. $28.00 paper.
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Saied Grab of Power Between Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Legitimacy: A Déjà-vu Tunisian Legitimization Dilemma
In the judicial construction of contracts, ambiguities are construed against the drafter based on the canon of “Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem
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