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The global risks of an imploding Middle East
A region in flames
Among today′s geopolitical risks, none is greater than the long arc of instability stretching from the Maghreb to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. With the Arab Spring an increasingly distant memory, the instability along this arc is deepening. An analysis by Nouriel Roubini
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Anti-fracking protests in Algeria
Revolution rising up from the desert?
Unrest is steadily growing in Africa's largest nation. The latest protests take aim at controversial fracking projects in the desert town of Ain Salah. Details from Susanne Kaiser
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Iraqi crisis
The expected death of a nation
Iraq has always been an artificial country, an entity created and beset by outside influences. However, Iraq is not currently being threatened by outside influences alone; discord is now flourishing within the country itself – with devastating consequences. A commentary by Rudolph Chimelli