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The strategy & goals of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Syrian Revolution
Issue title: Preludes to the Islamic State: contextualizing the rise of extremism in the Syrian UprisingSince the Hama events of 1982 that led to the Muslim Brotherhood’s forced exile from Syria, the group’s aim has been the return to Syria.
Ramírez, Naomí
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This study analyzes how the ongoing Syrian Crisis has affected Turkey’s security. It starts with an overview of recent developments in the Middle East in general and in Syria specifically.
Sertif DEMİR, Muzaffer Ercan YILMAZ
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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The Euphrates-Tigris river system hosts Turkey, Syria and Iraq as its major riparian states. This chapter addresses the evolution of trans-boundary water politics in the Euphrates-Tigris river system in both its power dynamics and cooperative ...
Kibaroğlu,A.
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The macro-economic impacts of Syrian refugee aid
A new study on the effects of humanitarian assistance in response to the Syria crisis finds significant positive impacts for regional economic growth and job creation.
Tobias Schillings
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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online
ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Unravelling Syria's Entho-Sectarian Politics
Goaded by the regional repercussions of the Syrian crisis sectarian tensions are emerging as the key threat to Middle Eastern and Syrian stability.
Townshend, Estelle Jane
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ABSTRACT This research focuses on how the North Korean Democratic Women's Union (NKDWU), the umbrella women's organisation in North Korea formed soon after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, forged international leftist women's solidarity during the North Korean state's liminal, revolutionary period (1945–1949).
Taejin Hwang
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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