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Topic: democracy in the middle east
It may be the season in Palestine but we are a long way from last year’s Arab Spring uprisings, writes <b>Nigel O'Connor</b>, a freelance journalist and writer in Palestine.

‘Black week for a free press in Palestine’: journos, academic arrested

Middle East

Apr 10, 2012

Results of Egypt's phenomenally complex election are now more or less complete.

Egypt’s Islamists prepare to govern

Middle East

Jan 23, 2012

It's hard to know where to look first in the Middle East, as the region's attempt at a transition to democracy continues to be a violent and uncertain affair.

Regime change edges closer in Syria

Middle East

Jun 03, 2011

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Having friends in the right places can take you a long way. Events in the Middle East are helping to test just how far, and Singapore will be yet another interested observer.

Singapore’s lessons in democracy and dictatorship

World

May 13, 2011

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Events in Tunisia, Algeria and Jordan over the past week reveal the socio-economic pressures building up across the Arab world that may pose significant internal challenges to regional governments, writes <b>Tim Molesworth</b>.

Protests across Arab world highlight socio-economic pressures

Africa

Jan 17, 2011

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Lebanon’s Hezballah-led Opposition has resigned en masse from the country’s fragile national unity government, triggering its collapse, writes freelance political writer <b>Antoun Issa</b>.

Opposition walkout throws Lebanon into a state of flux

North America

Jan 13, 2011

Israel and Palestine <em>could</em> reach a settlement, but the United States is unwilling to agree to it. It is the US who are continuing to fuel the Gaza war, writes <b>Noam Chomsky</b>.

Chomsky: Why the US won’t allow peace in the Middle East

Links

Apr 30, 2010

Zahra Rahnavard's popularity with Iranian women could prove to be the secret weapon against President Ahmadinejad.

The woman Ahmadinejad really needs to worry about

The Rest

Jun 11, 2009

A range of observers keep telling us that Australia and other western countries face a terrorist threat from "Islamists". No doubt the threat is real, but I've been saying for years that this term for it is unhelpful and offensive.

Tarring democrats with the “Islamist” brush

Politics

Jul 17, 2007

There are 9 articles in democracy in the middle east