By: Laila Makboul, University of Oslo. Following the death of king Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, an immediate debate […]
Author: The New Middle East Blog
The Gulf States and the Struggle for the ‘Post Arab Spring’
A seminar with Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, M.Phil PhD Fellow for the Middle East Rice University’s Baker Institute.
By: Jacob Høigilt, senior researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The level of conflict in Jerusalem is now […]
Contesting Religious Authority among Jordanian Salafis
A seminar with Dr Joas Wagemakers: “Contesting Religious Authority among Jordanian Salafis.”
By: Pinar Tank, PRIO. As the rescue operation into Turkey´s worst industrial accident came to end on Saturday, […]
By: Dag Tuastad, University of Oslo. The years from the end of the second intifada in 2004, until […]
By: Dr. Tilde Rosmer, University of Oslo. Last week Palestinians gathered to participate in Yawm al-Ard/Land Day protests […]
By: Jacob Høigilt, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). This week, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 defendants to death after […]
By: Pinar Tank, PRIO. One of the foundational concepts of good democratic governance is that of a separation […]
By: Tilde Rosmer, University of Oslo. Last week the Israeli Knesset (parliament) held its first ever discussion about […]