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The Middle East has long been polarised between US allies and enemies, while Beijing has historically retained a comparatively smaller footprint and rejected taking sides in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258870
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Public environmental awareness is relatively poor, though a February oil spill affecting beaches was a wake-up call. Green issues are also not a national political priority. Ahead…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260838
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After months of tensions, the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) clashed openly on April 15 in the capital, Khartoum, while less-reported violence proliferated…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278439
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It governs territory that is home to around 65-70% of the Yemeni population. With a coherent ideological programme, it has more control and unity than the Aden-based…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280339
ISSN: 2633-304X
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President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265106
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Uncertainties over US policy have slowed President Hassan Rouhani's efforts to showcase the success of the 2015 nuclear agreement, and the consequent lifting of many economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225382
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Competition for regional hub status in the Gulf.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB195942
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Facing the region’s largest coronavirus outbreak, the authorities belatedly closed schools, banned all religious and social gatherings and asked people to stay indoors. However…
Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2020.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253010
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Food insecurity in North Africa.