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Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 August 2020

Hurriyet Editor-in-chief Ahmet Hakan has queried whether Turkey is becoming a society without class or privilege. Well-intentioned anti-crisis policies have widened inequalities…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 August 2019

The measures represent a milestone in the ongoing process of easing restrictive rules which make women legally dependent on husbands or male relatives. However, several leading…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245974

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 December 2017

Succession in Gulf Arab states.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 January 2018

Those freed include senior prince Walid bin Talal and other heads of large companies: it is unclear whether they handed over economic assets in exchange. Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229380

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 November 2017

This follows unprecedented arrests of senior princes, ministers and businesspeople in an anti-corruption purge beginning on November 4. The move has alarmed many in the ruling…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225718

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 June 2018

The Saudi-led economic boycott imposed against Qatar from June 2017 was accompanied by the encouragement of opposition figures within the ruling family; 30 years ago this might…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 May 2015

The women's rights' debate.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199464

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 March 2023

The ruling Al Saud family historically cultivated support for their leadership by granting the wider royal family, business elites and religious clerics, access to economic and…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276742

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 September 2020

The emir in November 2019 ordered work to begin on long-delayed legislative polls for the Shura Council, requiring decisions on voting mechanisms and electoral districting. The…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254860

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 June 2022

The visit signals that the Biden administration accepts that it must deal with the crown prince and is reconciled to him becoming king. Bin Salman was worried that Washington…

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