How can the most vulnerable states survive coronavirus?
For the 32 disaster-prone “small states” in the Commonwealth, Covid-19 compounds the ongoing risks they already face.
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“We’re way beyond demonstrations“: why Lebanon is on the brink of collapse
The country once hailed as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” now faces the prospects of bankruptcy and chaos as never…
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The young Iraqis fighting for a modern, independent nation
For decades the country has been brutalised by dictatorship, war, corruption and unemployment. Now Iraq’s young people are risking their…
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D is for Drones: How the West embraced unmanned aerial warfare
Increasing mechanisation of war has been a prominent feature of the last decade as the West finds itself primarily fighting…
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Lessons for Iran from Trump’s wooing of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator
As Iran’s leadership contemplate the next steps in their developing confrontation with the United States, they must wonder whether they …
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In the heart of Baghdad, a new vision for Iraq is emerging
Mass protests consisting mostly of young Shia men against corporate and state corruption, frequent power cuts, dirty water supplies and unemployment.
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Across the Middle East, they are done with false prophets
Demonstrators in Iraq and Lebanon have stood their ground for seven weeks, but to succeed, protest movements need credible leaders, programmes…
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Turkey’s dirty war
The Turksh bombardment of northern Syria has left casualties suffering from horrific burns injuries, probably from the illegal use of…
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