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Study in Contrasts: Militaries in Political Transitions in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
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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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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.

  • News
    • Egypt
    • Gulf states
    • Iraq
    • Iran
    • Israel/Palestine
    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
    • Syria
    • Turkey
    • Yemen
  • Political activity
    • Internal affairs
    • Regional affairs
    • International affairs
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    • Military
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Egyptian protesters hold their national flag as they celebrate on an army tank outside Port Said’s security headquarters on March 8, 2013, following the withdrawal of police forces from their headquarters in the Suez Canal city that has been the target of protesters and transferred its protection to the military, the interior ministry said. © Image: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images, MPC Journal
28 June 201501051 James M. Dorsey

Study in Contrasts: Militaries in Political Transitions in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

The Economist recently highlighted the contrast between post-revolt Asian societies and Middle Eastern and North African societies in the woes of

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Middle East, MPC Journal
19 June 20151995 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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Wars in the Middle East – © Image: Lynsey Addario, MPC Journal
15 June 201502022 Neville Teller

Who’s Fighting Whom in the Middle East?

Across today’s Middle East armed forces engage each other in constant conflict. The largest of the battlefields are Iraq and Syria; others include

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UNICEF MENA childrem - MPC Journal
6 May 201501362 MPC Journal Team

UN Out-of-School Children Initiative (video)

In late 2014, UNICEF MENA commissioned a short film, You Know Me, about why the region’s children are not in school. Shooting took place in Jordan an

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Culture in the Middle East Is Ascriptive Unlike Europe
23 February 201573109 Hakim Khatib

Unlike Europe Culture in the Middle East Is More Ascriptive

There is no clash of civilisations but there are similarities and dissimilarities among them. The culture in the Middle East, known as Islamic culture

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leaked video reveals huge sums of money coming from UAE, KSA and Kuwait to Egypt
17 February 201501087 Hakim Khatib

Unearthly Leaked Recordings of Egypt’s President Are Revealed

Leaked recordings of Egypt’s president can be at least described as un-statesmanlike. Mukameleen, a television channel close to the Muslim Brotherhoo

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The President of Egypt Abdulfattah Al-Sisi warned from a military intervention in Syria and called for respecting its territorial sovereignty and dealing with the flow of terrorist foreign fighters. mpcmena journal - Hakim Khatib
11 February 201501021 Hakim Khatib

There Are Terrorist Elements in Syria Said Egypt’s President

The President of Egypt Abdulfattah Al-Sisi warned from a military intervention in Syria and called for respecting its territorial sovereignty and dea

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