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Why People Comply with Authoritarian Exploitation in the Middle East
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We provide intelligence reports and news on political affairs, security and defence, counterterrorism, and various topics about culture in the Middle East.

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Middle East Politics & Culture Journal

We provide intelligence reports and news on political affairs, security and defence, counterterrorism, and various topics about culture in the Middle East.

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    • Egypt
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    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
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Al-Sisi in China © Image: Abdelfattah Elsisi (@alsisiofficial) • Instagram photos and videos
8 September 20150508 Hakim Khatib

Why People Comply with Authoritarian Exploitation in the Middle East

It is more often that we hear questions such as why do people comply with authoritarian exploitation? Why don’t they rebel, reform or change the s

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Lebanese protesters wave the national flag in front of a barbed wire fence during a demonstration in the capital Beirut – © Image: AFP: Anwar Amro
8 September 20150631 James M. Dorsey

Who Says Popular Quest for Change in the Middle East Has Been Quelled?‏

Who Says Popular Quest for Change in the Middle East Has Been Quelled?‏ A series of recent mass protests in several Arab countries have called into q

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Damaged buildings and debris in Deir al-Zor, June 13, 2013.Picture taken June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
3 September 20150465 Neville Teller

What Future for Syria?

In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired up no doubt by the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Middle East at the time – daube

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MPC Journal Thousands of Gazans gather during a rally to mark the 24th anniversary of Hamas - © Image: EPA.
25 August 20150374 Neville Teller

The Tribulations of Hamas

Hamas’s fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. The de facto government of the Gaza strip suddenly finds itself in difficulties on four fronts: det

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Middle East, MPC Journal
25 August 20151568 Hakim Khatib

The Struggle Over Ideological Power in the Middle East

Using religious frameworks in political contestation and mobilisation processes has become more eminent in recent decades spiralling an intricate

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U.S. President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on September 1, 2010. © Image: Reuters. MPC Journal
3 August 20150597 Neville Teller

Who’s in Favour of a Middle East Peace Conference?

For nearly fifty years the accepted mantra has been that only direct face-to-face negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians can yield a mutual

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Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdes in Egypt's Sinai – © Image: AFP. MPC Journal
23 July 20150436 Hakim Khatib

What If Egypt’s Cardinal Problem Is Not Sinai’s Terrorism?

Terrorism has torn Egypt’s Sinai since 2011 and turned it into a military operations area. But what if Egypt’s cardinal problem is not Sinai’s terror

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Kurdish fighters carry their flags celebrating victory in Tel Abyad. @ Image: Reuters – Rodi Said
26 June 20150465 Rick Francona

The Kurds – Key to Success Against “The Islamic State?”

The so-called Islamic State, more commonly called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has suffered few military setbacks. The one that the

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Middle East, MPC Journal
19 June 20151450 James M. Dorsey

The Middle East and North Africa: Adapting to a New Paradigm

The US and Arab military strategies across the Middle East and North Africa have failed to reverse the rise of often retrograde rebel forces in Iraq,

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8 June 20150426 MPC Journal Team

This Is How a Hero Looks Like in the Most Dangerous Place on Earth (video)

"When the bombs rain down, the Syrian Civil Defence rushes in. In a place where public services no longer function these unarmed volunteers risk the

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