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Showing posts with label Foreign Policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Policy. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 June 2011

UK’s Foreign Secretary in Benghazi to show Support for Rebels

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The UK Foreign Secretary arrives in rebel held Libya on a surprise visit to Benghazi. Mr Hague’s visit is the highest profile visit from a NATO country since the start of the NATO military mission in Libya…

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Monday, 30 May 2011

The Fall of Yemen Dictator - The Ugly Side of Western Foreign Policy (incl VIDEO OF TAIZ, YEMEN)

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After Second World War we saw the first modern revolution throughout the Middle East. Western powers slowing handed back land to the Arab people and gave the right of self determination to each country. 


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Each country in the subsequent years has fared differently and have taken differing approaches to the responsibly of statehood. The majority of these countries 'chose' to...


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Saturday, 28 May 2011

Is the Threat of Iran the 'New Terrorism' for Gulf State Leaders?

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After the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and the Arab uprising across the Middle East the West is taking a hard look at its own foreign policy in the region unsettling the status quo and their leaders.
Fmr. US Embassy Tehran © flickr/pooyan



This was no more evident when the US changed its policy and withdrawing support for Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak much to the annoyance of it main ally in the region Saudi Arabia. This policy is now unravelling further with the eminent downfall of Saleh in Yemen which is now creating a security dilemma in other Gulf states which have also adopted the same pro-American policy at the expense of personal freedoms of its own people...


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