Giorgio Cafiero
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Giorgio Cafiero is a Washington, DC-based foreign affairs analyst
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Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric—It’s Going to Cost Them Big
By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.
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While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It’s Simmering at Home
To hear Saudi leaders tell it, the kingdom is under constant threat from Iran. But graver threats of their own making lurk at home.
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Four Years After Gadhafi, Libya Is a Failed State
Nearly four years after NATO-backed rebels toppled the former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, the North Africa country has plunged into chaotic unrest.
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Assad and the Palestinians
The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East.
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Hamas and Hezbollah Agree to Disagree on Syria
Sunni Hamas and Shiite Hezbollah have apparently agreed to disagree on Syria while maintaining a strategic partnership against Israel.
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Dueling Monarchies
The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region.
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