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Expert insights: Climate and COP28

07 Dec 2023 - 15:16
Louise van Schaik
Giulia Cretti
Sarah Lokenberg
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Source: Expert insights: Climate and COP28. Source: Reuters
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Our Clingendael experts share their insights on climate in relation to the COP28.

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Conflict and Fragility

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Expert insights: Israel-Hamas war

07 Dec 2023 - 09:00
Erwin van Veen
Hans Wurzer
Source: Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon in southern Israel October 10, 2023.Reuters
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To navigate through the latest news and place the events in a broader perspective, we have created a compilation of our latest publications, videos and 'in the media' expert comments.

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Iranian reactions to 7/10 and the invasion of Gaza

30 Nov 2023 - 14:56
Hamidreza Azizi
Erwin van Veen
Source: ©Reuters - Protesters burn the Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran, Iran, November 18, 2023
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By Hamidreza Azizi and Erwin van Veen 

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Conflict and Fragility

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Scenarios for the Palestinian issue after the Gaza war

16 Nov 2023 - 16:13
Erwin van Veen
Source: Smoke rises over Beit Hanoun city of Gaza, which is seen from Sderot, Israel. ©Reuters
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This Alert presents four scenarios for the Palestinian issue once ongoing ground operations by Israel in Gaza have ended. They describe possible futures, however uncertain, and encourage us to consider how we feel about these.

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Conflict and Fragility

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Opposition politics of the Iranian diaspora: Out of many, one - but not just yet

27 Oct 2023 - 16:42
Source: Members of the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom in Iran, from left to right: Reza Pahlavi, Nazanin Boniadi, Hamed Esmaeilion and Masih Alinejad.
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By Arash Azizi - professor at Clemson University and the author of What Iranians want

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Arash Azizi - professor at Clemson University

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Conflict and Fragility

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Prospects for reform and revolution across the Middle East and North Africa

09 Oct 2023 - 09:53
Erwin van Veen
Source: SEPAD
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This article assesses what factors influence political prospects for reform and renewal across the Middle East and North Africa under conditions of authoritarianism.

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Conflict and Fragility

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Iran’s transition six months on: Repression meets resilience

28 Sep 2023 - 16:14
Hamidreza Azizi
Erwin van Veen
Source: ©Reuters - A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini
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Blog series - Iran in transition: The Islamic Republic is no more while it lives on

By Hamidreza Azizi and Erwin van Veen

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Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Music as weapon: Heroic lyrical epics as tools in the PKK’s struggle

19 Sep 2023 - 16:28
Source: Kaveh the blacksmith is a famous lyrical epic
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This brief analyses the PKK’s use of Kurdish heroic lyrical epics, which have traditionally promoted values of courage and honour, for purposes of recruitment and outreach.
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Moustafa Mohammad - Kurdish writer and analyst

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Sustainability

Reports and papers

Promoting water cooperation in the Middle East

19 Sep 2023 - 09:00
Tobias von Lossow
Source: : Azraq Wetland Reserve - Jordan, by Alex Bezrukov © Shutterstock.com (background); Businessmen Handshake Deal Business Commitment Concept by Rawpixel.com © Shutterstock.com
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Water crises – water opportunities
This report proposes five water-related action areas in which water cooperation is ‘reimagined’ and pursued via thematic entry points of national and regional interest in the Middle East.
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Annabelle Houdret - Senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

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Migration

Op-ed

Door to Tunisia wide open for West Africans, and the EU fails to act

13 Sep 2023 - 16:25
Francesco Mascini
Source: Migrants aboard the "Ocean Viking", the SOS Mediterranee ship that rescued 439 migrants between Lampedusa and Tunisia, disembark in the port of Naples. (Photo by KONTROLAB/IPA/Sipa USA)
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Tunisia must curtail the uncontrolled flow of migrants from West Africa into its own country.
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