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The UN Resolution was the news many were waiting to hear - and Qadhafi's announcement of a ceasefire seems to have vindicated calls for intervention. But is this merely the first phase of an ill-conceived, protracted conflict?
Tags: International Institutions, Law and Ethics, Middle East and North AfricaThe UN's approval of a no-fly zone over Libya has raised the diplomatic and strategic stakes for all parties - but will it be enough?
Tags: International Institutions, Law and Ethics, Middle East and North AfricaSaudi Arabia and the UAE have intervened in Bahrain to restore stability. Yet, there is a real sense of fear that in their haste to avoid allowing a precedent to be set and to prevent any potential Iranian interference, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi's actions may well precipitate these very outcomes.
Tags: Middle East and North AfricaAfter a month long war, perhaps the most significant in the Middle East in its recent history, are we now witnessing a new regional order?
Tags: Middle East and North AfricaArafat is dead. Across the Arab world, the news was greeted with an outpouring of shock and mourning that dwarfed anything we have seen in the West since the generation of WWII leaders died.
Tags: Middle East and North Africa
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