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The state of Yemen’s oil and gas resources
img-24 by kebnekaise with cc license from Flickr 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?
316 by Nasser Nouri with cc license from Flickr 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
A Passing Moment ~ Shibam, Yemen by Martin Sojka with cc license from Flickr 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
DSC_0838 by Talk Radio News Service with cc license from Flickr 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
King Abdullah by Halfway Anywhere with cc license from Flickr 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
Jordan_Wadi Rum_March2012_181 by jjay69 with cc license from Flickr 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
Untitled by Judith Argila with cc license from Flickr 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
LIBYA/ by B.R.Q with cc license from Flickr Virginie Collombier 18 March 2013
Despite the many warnings since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi that Libya is about to fracture along regi... more  
As Syria descends into chaos: challenges to Israel
Al Quneitra by edbrambley with cc license from Flickr Yossi (Joseph) Alpher 13 March 2013
Syria’s evolving collapse, and with it perhaps the collapse of Lebanon as well, is liable to confront Israe... more  
Making the right moves: ten considerations in light of President Obama's forthcoming visit to Israel
Marching toward change by Arranging Marches with cc license from Flickr Yossi Beilin 11 March 2013
President Obama’s efforts during his forthcoming visit to the Middle East to get Israel and the Palestinian... more  

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