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Cathrine Thorleifsson
14 June 2013
This policy brief examines the paradox of Mizrahim (Arab Jews) supporting right-wing Israeli policies throu... more
- Is Israel in danger of losing its U.S. support base?
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Yossi (Joseph) Alpher
3 June 2013
U.S. Jewish support for Israel, like U.S. public support in general, remains steady even as a number of U.S... more
- The state of Yemen’s oil and gas resources
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Bernard Haykel
23 May 2013
Yemen is a minor oil and gas producer whose reserves are in decline, and will remain so unless major new di... more
- Tunisia after Ben Ali: retooling the tools of oppression?
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Derek Lutterbeck
13 May 2013
Tunisia under Ben Ali was a police state par excellence and reforming the country’s internal security appar... more
- Yemen’s domestic and regional politics
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Bernard Haykel
2 May 2013
Yemen is politically fragmented by three decades of misrule. Many political actors and constituencies oppos... more
- Israel’s new government and the Obama visit
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Yossi (Joseph) Alpher
11 April 2013
Israel’s elections took place on January 20th 2013. Shortly thereafter newly re-elected U.S. president Bara... more
- Jordan’s East Banker-Palestinian schism
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Lamis El Muhtaseb
5 April 2013
Relations between the two peoples of Jordan (the East Bank Jordanians and Jordanians of Palestinian origin)... more
- Jordan’s 2013 elections: a further boost for tribes
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Mona Christophersen
21 March 2013
The 2013 parliamentary elections in Jordan came after two years of protests demanding democratic reform. Th... more
- Not too strong, not too weak: Saudi Arabia’s policy towards Yemen
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Stig Stenslie
20 March 2013
Saudi Arabia is the most important external player in the fragmented and conflict-ridden Yemen. The kingdom... more
- Libyans’ longing for a state
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Virginie Collombier
18 March 2013
Despite the many warnings since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi that Libya is about to fracture along regi... more
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