Are militias a menace?
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The best Middle East political science books of 2014
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Informal counterinsurgency from Iraq to Nigeria: Who pays the price?
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Why the Pakistani Taliban's massacre of children reveals its weakness
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Why the Pakistani Taliban’s massacre of children reveals its weakness
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Elite fragmentation and securitization in Bahrain
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Electoral rules (and threats) cure Bahrain's sectarian parliament
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Electoral rules (and threats) cure Bahrain’s sectarian parliament
[caption id="attachment_18579" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Bahraini man votes in Manama
Sectarianism comes back to bite Saudi Arabia
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