Political and economic forces across the Middle East and North Africa combine to mean well-educated young people spend years looking for work, which delays their independence and adulthood.
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Afghanistan’s strategic location, and the support for the Taliban from neighbouring countries, means the current Taliban advances were unavoidable.
The US and Israel are warning that Iran could build a nuclear bomb very soon. But is it that simple?
Most observers believe Israel was behind the a cyberattack on Iran. But what was the thinking behind it?
The underlying issues of inequality, corruption and poverty are still dogging the region, ten years after the protests.
Mubarak held power for three decades, on the foundation of a personality cult.
National security isn’t just about warding off physical attacks. It’s also about understanding cultural forces that drive a society to think, feel and act in certain ways, a political scientist says.
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering has grown.
Now that the US has pulled out Syria, is the war actually over?
The intricacies of Lebanese politics mean Syrian refugees continue to be scapegoated.
The British Mandate in Palestine had its origins in the end of World War I and lasted until 1948. What happened next has devastated the Middle East ever since.
Muhammad bin Salman is set on transforming the oil-rich kingdom into a modern, economically diverse superpower. It won’t be easy.
An economy and society like Saudi Arabia’s cannot survive the modern world without giving in to change.
Palestinian nonviolent protests and mass movement of resistance is one of Israel’s biggest fears.
Hugely divisive and controversial at home, Avigdor Lieberman is both an outspoken hawk and a political opportunist.
Israel’s prime minister failed to undermine the validity of Iran’s nuclear deal, and instead ended up demonstrating just how important it is.
Despite all claims to secular egalitarianism, the Assad family’s decades of rule have been brutally elitist.
With Iran and India on manoeuvres and the war in Yemen still unfolding, Pakistan’s stakes in the Middle East are as high as ever.
The events of summer 2011 proved that Israel incubates the same sort of socio-economic discontent that upended the wider Middle East.
The nationwide anti-government protests in Iran could have significant implications in Syria and beyond.
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education, University of Aberdeen
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Global Professor of Sport | Director of Eurasian Sport, EM Lyon
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor (Reader) in International Security, University of Birmingham
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Visiting professor, Georgetown University
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Professorial Fellow, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
