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The Kirkuk-Baniyas Pipeline: What Does History Tell Us?

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Country Fact Sheet – Iran

November 21, 2025

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The Sharm el-Sheikh summit: was it more than a Trumpian showbiz?

November 11, 2025

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Apart from its grandiose display, the Sharm el-Sheikh summit produced several far-reaching outcomes. Chief among them, as Israel faced growing international isolation, the summit reinforced its regional standing. After October 7, Israel sought not only to remake Gaza but also to reshape the broader Middle Eastern order by force; through the summit, it tried to use the ceasefire to consolidate these gains. Meanwhile, other regional powers are either losing grounds, normalizing, or challenging the new order. Amid these shifting dynamics stands one country uncertain about how to navigate the emerging landscape: Iraq.

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GenZ212, Nonmovements, and the Monarchy: The Future of Protest in Morocco

A paradox of evolution and revolution, the 2025 Moroccan Gen Z movement was, in many respects, the ideological heir to previous uprisings while simultaneously representing a conceptual evolution in the repertoires of popular dissent. The protests marked a nuanced shift towards decentralised, unconventional nonmovements, an iterative process whose immediate and enduring legacy has profound implications for the future of both protest and governance in modern Morocco.

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