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Iran's relations with Bahrain
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Springer International Publishing
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Wright argues that given its size and strategic location, Bahrain has always been vulnerable to its more powerful neighbours, with each vying for power or influence. This has resulted in a history of successive external ...
The post Arab spring reform: The maghreb at a cross roads
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2016 , Article)
The Arab Spring, which was launched in Tunisia, took the Arab Middle East by storm. Its results, to varying degrees, have been felt in every country in the region. In the Maghreb, three scenarios have been unfolding. Tunisia ...
Le partenariat du Maroc avec l’OTAN : un cran de sécurité supplémentaire
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L'Harmattan
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Les relations du Maroc avec les pays membres de l’OTAN au cours et après la période de la Guerre froide s’expliquent par sa politique pro-occidentale depuis son accès à l’indépendance, mais aussi par la conception qu'il a ...
Building an Integrated Missile Defense Architecture for Gulf States: Perceptions, Capabilities and Challenges
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Gerlach Press
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) plays an important role in the defense
planning of all GCC members, involving huge investments with strong reliance on
US assistance. This is a major concern in relations with regional ...
GCC’s Defense Cooperation: Moving towards Unity
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
, 2014 , Article)
For more than 30 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has attempted to establish a collective defense regime to protect its six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This ...
Avoiding Somalia: what prevents onshore solutions to piracy?
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2015 , Article)
The United Nations Security Council has repeatedly stated that onshore solutions have to be
carried out in Somalia in order to end piracy in the Horn of Africa. Yet, the primary
responses from the international community ...
Zengi and the Muslim response to the crusades: The politics of Jihad
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2016 , Book)
Zengi gained his legacy as the precursor to Saladin. While Zengi captured Edessa, Saladin would capture Jerusalem, and both leaders fought to establish their own realms. However, Zengi cannot be fully understood without ...
Qatar and Rising China: An Evolving Partnership
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SAGE Publications
, 2017 , Article)
This article explores the Qatari perception of the partnership with China on the basis of three factors:
globalisation, the absence of a legacy of colonialism and the principles of non-intervention and respect
for state ...
Bio-informatic analysis of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter (AlaNHX) from the salt resistant grass Aeluropus lagopoides
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Pakistan Botanical Society
, 2016 , Article)
Sodium-hydrogen antiporter (NHX) protein regulates the trans-membrane transport of Na+ in higher plants. Vacuolar- NHX is a type of NHX protein located on tonoplast and minimizes the accumulation of Na+ in cytoplasm by ...
Qatar's global activism: Pursuing ambition in the midst of domestic and regional transitions
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, Qatar's presence on the global and regional stages has increased immensely, driven, in large part, by a growing sense of ambition among the country's ruling elites. Indicators of ambition are most ...