The popular protests in the Middle East in 2011 have created a “seismic shift” in the region, which will reverberate for years to come.  This shift covers governance, state-...
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In recent weeks, Bahrain’s Royal Court and mainstream opposition groups have exchanged communications regarding a way forward for Bahrain. Though a real dialogue has yet to comme...
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Syria’s popular uprising has proven to everyone inside and outside of the Middle East that a people’s yearning for freedom and self-determination cannot be compromised by any m...
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The mass atrocities being committed daily in Syria will not cease without outside intervention. In comparison to the uprisings that have taken place elsewhere throughout the regio...
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The elections taking place today are but one episode in the incremental transformation and democratization of Kuwait. On February 2, for the fourth time in six years, Kuwaitis -...
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The information in the following report was gathered during a trip to the suburbs of Damascus, including Harasta, Saqba, Hamoriye, Misraba, and Douma, between January 12-26, 2012, ...
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