Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009 amid public euphoria and high expectations of greater racial harmony and reduced gun violence at home and a more stable and peaceful international order.
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The War on Terror-era programme of clandestine abductions and detentions wasn’t just an American initiative.
As Libya falls further into chaos, the US has agreed to back the new government’s request to lift an arms embargo against it.
Libya has become a case study for those who think the world should never intervene in national conflicts. Not so fast.
Barack Obama’s dour disappointment with Europe is far more powerful than his worries about a Brexit.
Since 2011, Libya has been trying to fashion itself into a functioning democratic state – but instead, it’s still mired in violent chaos.
Surely it isn’t too far-fetched to claim that if migrants are to promote democracy back home, it is beneficial for them to experience democratic values and principles in the countries hosting them.
As usage continues to grow in the region, what’s the ongoing dynamic between the Middle East and social media? It’s complicated.
With everything from Islamic State to disenfranchised black Africans to deal with, the former Gaddafi stronghold has everything to achieve.
The right are using a new film about the 2012 Benghazi US consulate attack as a political weapon against Hillary Clinton. Are they justified?
Twelve years after George W Bush proclaimed a new era of peace and stability in Iraq, the Middle East is more unstable and dangerous than ever before.
Quality higher education is crucial for recovery, peace-building, economic development and stronger governance in post-conflict societies.
By declining to stop an unfair trial and a batch of death sentences in Libya, the world’s court has yet again proved its fecklessness.
Endless spats over tactics, style and aims drove Islamic State away from al-Qaeda – and the two are deadly enemies to this day.
The US president admits he has no ‘complete strategy’ for Islamic State. He’ll need one – this lot are no pushover.
With Libya carved up by warring factions, the UN has offered up a directionless and toothless peace plan.
Libya’s endless security crisis and duelling “governments” are turning the Mediterranean into a sea of troubles.
Dire government warnings and counter-terrorism raids in our suburbs paint a picture of the worst threat Western nations have ever faced. A little historical perspective is in order.
The EU has pledged to triple money to the search-and-rescue mission in the Mediterranean. But simply throwing money at the problem won’t work.
Ed Miliband’s attack on David Cameron’s foreign policy seems to have hit home. But is it deserved?
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Professor, Colgate University
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Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds