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Chatham House MENA
@CH_MENAP
The Middle East & North Africa Programme @ChathamHouse | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research & debate on the MENA region.
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Joined September 2011
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    📣 Announcing the 8th annual #IraqInitiative Conference! On 11 November, we’ll convene policymakers, experts, business leaders & civil society representatives to examine whether Iraq’s new government and the political system can respond to converging regional & domestic
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    أحمد البشير: حرية التعبير داخل العراق كذبة كبيرة، و الدليل على ذلك هو أحداث تشرين. #مبادرة_العراق #IraqInitiative
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    أحمد البشير: أعتقد أن دور الإعلام هو توجيه الجمهور، و ليس إصدار الأوامر... و عندما أُوظف السخرية، فإني أوجهها للتفاعل و لانتقاد للأفعال و التصرفات، و لا أُوظفها للمس بالأشخاص أو بكرامتهم. #مبادرة_العراق #IraqInitiative
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    We are delighted to welcome @AidrosAlzubidi to @ChathamHouse for an 'In conversation' with @almuslimi in session 3 of our #Yemen event.
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    We are delighted to welcome the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq @masrour_barzani to @ChathamHouse. PM Barzani will discuss political, economic and regional issues related to the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. #IraqInitiative
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    "He was an Iraqi nationalist that wanted the best for his country. I asked him if he was scared and he said 'there is fear, but the duty is bigger.'" @renadmansour reflects on the life and work of Hisham al-Hashemi and the impact of his assassination on Iraq's politics.
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    The tragedy in #Derna is the latest in a series of disasters in MENA after the Beirut blast & hospital fires in Iraq. A new paper by @renadmansour, @el_khawaga and @LinaKhatibUK argues that these disasters stem from corrupt elite bargains. 🧵1/7
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    🇮🇶 | انضموا إلى مؤتمر #مبادرة_العراق مع صانعي السياسات و أكادميين وقادة المجتمــع المدني من داخل و خارج #العراق لمناقشـة آخر التطورات في السياسة و الاقتصاد و البيئة و المجتمع في العراق وتبادل الأفكار حول ما هو قادم. #IraqInitiative 🔗 للتسجيل: chathamhouse.cplus.live/sign-up/iraq-i…
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    📢We are delighted to announce the appointment of @SanamVakil as @CH_MENAP's Director! Since joining in 2019, @SanamVakil has spearheaded our research and analysis of MENA geopolitics & security, the US role in the region, and domestic dynamics of GCC countries and Iran.
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    The single most glaring deficiency in Iraq is the collapse of the state not in terms of range of control or as a failed state as such, but in terms of capability of managing a modern state. The entire structure is deficient, says @AliH_Allawi #IraqInitiative
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    🇮🇶 NEW | Networks of Power: The Popular Mobilization Forces and the State in Iraq In this new research paper, @renadmansour examines the nature of PMF networks and their connection to state power in Iraq. Read here:
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    🇱🇾 Much of the coverage on Libya has focused on the daily violence and political turmoil. In a new longread piece, @k_ramali and @el_khawaga take a step back to ask: how are Libyan women dealing with the country's ever-present armed groups? Out tomorrow on @ChathamHouse website
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    A ceasefire is urgently needed to curb a rising death toll in #Gaza, and bring the region back from the brink. The possibility of an extended, violent conflagration engulfing the region is very real, writes @elhamfakhro. Read in full ⬇️
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    🇱🇾 NEW Longread Based on in-depth interviews with women from across Libya, @k_ramali and @el_khawaga shed light on what life is like for Libyan women today as they deal with the country’s ever-present armed groups. Read more ⬇️ chathamhouse.shorthandstories.com/how-women-are-…