Detente between Tehran and Riyadh will not magically solve all the political and sectarian tensions in the Middle East.
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Feminist campaigners are using the internet to challenge the conservative establishment and empower Arab women.
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Political and economic forces across the Middle East and North Africa combine to mean well-educated young people spend years looking for work, which delays their independence and adulthood.
A scholar of Greek classics revisits the texts to bring lessons on how to honor the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sudden food prices have sparked in Iraq, but other countries may follow.
The caliphate has no territory, but plenty of hearts and minds.
In 2019 a scholar visited the Iraqi Kurdistan, where Yazidis have been resettled. He explains their religious beliefs and their current conditions.
The verdict opens the way for further genocide prosecutions.
Belarus has created a migrant crisis at its border in an apparent move to punish the European Union for its opposition to the country’s leader.
A scholar of African American studies explores how the former secretary of state, who died at 84, dealt with what WEB DuBois described as the ‘double-consciousness’ of being Black and American.
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
This summer’s disintegration of the Afghan government and continuing political turmoil in Iraq provide valuable lessons for the U.S. and its mission to impose democracy on the rest of the world.
Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops.
The events of the past decade in the Middle East have upended the states in the region. What will the future hold?
It was the day the US realised it was fighting a different kind of war.
After 20 years that cost thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, America’s engagement in the Middle East appears to be over. So what happens now?
The 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is an opportunity for teachers to focus less on recreating the day and more on what students can learn from it, two curriculum experts argue.
The rise of the US military state since 9/11 has cost billions of dollars and resulted in the loss of nearly 1 million lives in wars abroad.
Interviews with former torturers in Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq reveal what it takes to be a torturer – which could help explain how to reduce the number of people who get tortured around the world.
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Translation Studies, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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Sessional Academic, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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