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In this FPC Briefing our Senior Research Associate Prof. Jason Ralph sets out his analysis of the recent House Commons vote against UK participation in Syria. He argues that Labour's…
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Coup d'état First and foremost, what the army has committed in Egypt is nothing but a "coup". Discharging a president who was democratically elected through fair elections (the first of…
Even whilst the US engages in intensive efforts to revive final status negotiations, lack of progress in recent years and apparent gaps between Israeli and Palestinian leaders are causing some…
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In this FPC Briefing Dr Kevork Oskanian examines President Putin’s proposed Eurasian Union, looking both at Russia’s objectives and how the project is viewed in the countries across the former…
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FPC Research Associate Stephen Minas examines the positions taken by the so-called BASIC group (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) of emerging economies in UN global climate change negotiations. The…
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Although there does not seem to be any anti-PT, anti-Lula or anti-Dilma sentiment among the protesters, their resentment may suggest that they are no longer solely satisfied with the economic…
Mehmet Ugur, Professor of Economics and Institutions at the University of Greenwich, examines some of the major issues around the Summer 2013 protests in Istanbul, looking at the historical and…
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The Emerging Prime Minister Hamdallah heralds from Anupta near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank. Embarking on an academic path he specialised in linguistics, obtaining an undergraduate degree…
Against the backdrop of the current round of bloodletting that is wracking the region, the Kurdish success story continues to establish itself. In Turkey before the headlines became dominated by…
Gilberto Algar-Faria from SPAIS at the University of Bristol explores North Korea’s nuclear and military posture and suggests that the US and wider international community should consider a change of…
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