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Kuwait: After the Elections

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Last month's dissolution of Kuwait's National Assembly was the result of frustrations that have been building for many years. Disagreement between the government and the Assembly over further increases in wages for public employees…
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Obama Can Hit Two Birds with One Stone

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By Matthew Mainen As the rightwing Likud party’s Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to assume the Israeli premiership for the second time in his career, he inherits a Middle East drastically different than that inherited during his first…
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What Should Obama Say in Riyadh

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By Ali Al-Ahmed Washington DC - President Barack Obama is certainly not going to see the dismembered body of a beheaded convict in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh, when arrives there today to meet the Saudi king Abdullah. …
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Will “No Women, No Play” Be Enough?

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By Lauren Sheldon and Emma Sterling March 4, 2011 One day we were average college students working towards our education and the next day we were young professionals working in the midst of a turning point in history. We were ecstatic…
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Obama’s Dubious Deal

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By Matthew Mainen March 15, 2011 As the US pursues multilateralism for the Libya situation, it has looked to Saudi Arabia for support. For decades, the US has maintained a tacit policy of disregarding Saudi Arabia’s dismal human…