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1 – 10 of 58The country’s system of pension funds has long been close to bankruptcy, but awareness of the urgency of the issue has increased over the past year. Nonetheless, proposed pension…
Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280955
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LEBANON: Presidential deal is possible but problematic
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES278846
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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IRAN: Five-year development plan is flawed
Iranians will go to the polls on February 26 to elect the country's next parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the clerical supervisory body that is responsible for electing the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208522
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As in previous polls, all of the female candidates are likely to be eliminated at this stage. However, women voters are an important constituency of support for incumbent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220308
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IRAN: Brother’s arrest could tarnish president
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES222197
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Social cohesion in Oman.
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…