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Research Briefing
Obama and Iran’s 2013 elections: The role of presidents in the nuclear crisis
Iran's presidential election, due on 14 june, is unlikely to change Iranian policy over nuclear enrichment.
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Israel’s new government
A brief summary of the new Israeli government and of the domestic and international issues facing it.
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United Arab Emirates uncovered
The latest development from the oil-rich nation of United Arab Emirates
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Military forces in Syria and the rise of the jihadis
Sunni fundamentalist groups are now thought by some to be the most important force in the Syrian rebellion.
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Syria: The EU embargo and moves to arm the opposition
Both the UK and France have called for the rebel forces in Syria to be armed but there is an EU arms embargo on the country.
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Recognising the killings of Iraqi Kurds as genocide
The killings of thousands of Iraqi Kurds under Saddam Hussein's rule has been recognised by some as genocide, which has a specific definition under international law.
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Algeria 2013
Instability in North Africa appears to be spreading, as a hostage crisis unfolds in an Algerian gas plant run jointly by BP. The Algerian government seemed to have escaped lightly compared with other North African governments from the Arab uprisings. But the war in neighbouring Libya and increasing unrest in the Sahel region to Algeria’s south have taken their toll. It remains to be seen whether Algeria’s authoritarian regime will be seriously challenged by the twin threats of domestic political unrest and jihadi terrorism.
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Israeli settlements and the E1 area
Statistics and commentary on Israeli sttlements in the Occupied Territories
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In brief: Syria’s bloody stalemate
A brief update on events in Syria since August 2012
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How to find voting information in the European Parliament
How to find voting information in the European Parliament. By Julia Keddie. SN/IA/3389.
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Syria: no end in sight?
In summer 2012, the tempo of the Syrian conflict suddenly appeared to quicken. After long months during which many predicted a stalemate between the two sides, a bomb killed some of the Syrian government’s top security personnel, the authorities appeared to be losing control of much larger areas of the country, and more senior figures defected, including the Prime Minister.
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Research Briefing
Arab uprisings: an update
Two of the three countries that have had elections since the Arab uprisings – Tunisia and Egypt – have seen mainstream and more radical Islamists dominating. In Libya, the third of the three, a pragmatic and relatively secular politician who had been former Prime Minister during the rebellion did well. It is still early to know what these new governments will do.
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Research Briefing
Libya’s General Assembly election 2012
On 7 July 2012, Libya held its first democratic election since 1964. Preliminary results suggest that the former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril won a landslide victory among seats reserved for party candidates. However, this should not yet be interpreted as a victory for liberals over Islamists. 120 of the 200 seats are reserved for independents and their politics are not yet clear. Mahmoud Jibril has denied that he is a secularist. Nevertheless, it is very different from election results in Egypt and Tunisia, where the parties associated with the Muslim Brotherhood did well.
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