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This followed parliamentary polls on December 5, a full four-year term after the last elections in November 2016. The emir had delayed naming a new cabinet after his ascension…
MIDDLE EAST: Royal controls may politicise tribes more
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES257606
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The coalition supports the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi. However, the credibility of pro-Hadi forces has been sapped by the Huthis’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264679
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Former Crown Prince Hamzah was placed under house arrest on April 3, as 20 other people were detained. His release of audio and video material that undermined the official…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260720
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Tribe-state relations have experienced various levels of tension and cooperation in the monarchies of the Middle East and North Africa: Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236888
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The government is also curtailing legislators’ right to cross-question ministers, especially the prime minister -- a distinctive feature of the Kuwaiti system that has long given…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261017
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Razzaz was appointed after the dismissal of his predecessor following June's nationwide protests. These were ostensibly united around a common rejection of a new income tax law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236327
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Governance in South Sudan.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217885
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This announcement, designed to divert rising public anger over economic failures and political authoritarianism, was overshadowed by new revelations from the ‘Pandora Papers’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264510
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The role of the military in Sudan's transition.