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22 February 2011The End of Stability in the Arab World
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Succession has always been a problem in the Arab-Islamic world - right from 632 AD when the Shia-Sunni schism began, the outcome of a struggle over the succession to the holy prophet. In Tagged Under Bahrain , Libya , Lockerbie bombing , Muammar Gaddafi , oil politics , Pan-Arabism , Saudi Arabia , Shias , Sunnis |
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9 March 2011The Real Military Options in Libya
BY Kenneth M. Pollack
The revolt in Libya was always likely to play out very differently from what has transpired in Egypt. Libya lacked Egypt’s homogeneity, the strength of its institutions (particularly in Tagged Under Libya , Libya protests , military intervention , Muammar Gaddafi , no-fly zone |
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24 March 2011Understanding the Western Narrative on Libya
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The West and indeed all countries are reacting to the expanding turmoil in the Arab world without a clear roadmap because while there are common causes for the protests the interests involved in Tagged Under Barack Obama , BRIC , David Cameron , Muammar Gaddafi , NATO , nofly zone , oil politics , UN Resolution 1973 , UNSC , US-Libya |
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31 March 2011A New Taliban in Libya?
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Amidst the rejoicing over NATO’s fight for the ‘liberation’ of Libya from Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade-long rule, few have bothered to ask the dark question: who are these rebels, apparently Tagged Under Clinton administration , Libya intervention , Muammar Gaddafi , NATO , Obama administration , Richard Holbrooke Af-Pak , Taliban , Unocal , Wahabi |
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12 April 2011New Trends in the Management of Upheaval
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The romantic glow from the upheavals in the Arab world has begun to dim. The Egyptian army, which had been hailed as a saviour and partner in the protest movement, is now the focus of protests in Tagged Under Alassane Outtara , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , Libya unrest , Muammar Gaddafi , NATO , rESPONSIBLITY TO pROTECT , United Nations , UNSC |
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22 April 2011Is BRICS a Real Bloc?
BY Richard Weitz
When the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met for a day-long summit in the south China resort city of Sanya last week, they may all have privately marvelled at quite how Tagged Under Brazil , BRICS , China , Dmitry Medvedev , India-China , Libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Sino-Russia |
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15 July 2011India’s foreign policy has not grown out of its static position
BY Sreeram Chaulia
As the war to unseat Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi nears its sixth month, a plethora of diplomatic chess moves are being played by great powers to negotiate an end to the stalemated conflict. Tagged Under diplomacy , Libya intervention , Muammar Gaddafi , Mustafa Abdel Jalil |
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29 November 2011NATO vs Shias: A geopolitical miscalculation
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Saudi Arabia has celebrated its “diamond jubilee” and Pakistan the “golden jubilee” of a strategic partnership with the U.S. In both cases, it was the United Kingdom (UK) that was crucial to the Tagged Under AKP , Ariel Sharon , Ayatollah Khomeini , Bashar al-Assad , Maronite Christians , Muammar Gaddafi , NATO , shia , sunni , terrorism , ummah , wahhabi |