1. Political Comment (5 March 2012)

    ...id and issued at the meeting of the enemies of Syria in Tunis" and to press ahead with Mr Asad's 26 February referendum on a new constitution, which would allow the president to serve two further seven-year terms when his current term expires in 2014. (According to the government, the constitution wa...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 05 Mar 2012
  2. Political Comment (31 October 2011)

    ...21 October the UN Security Council intervened in the continuing political crisis in Yemen with Resolution 2014, in which, inter alia, it "strongly condemns the continued human rights violations by the Yemeni authorities, such as the excessive use of force against peaceful protestors as well as th...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 31 Oct 2011
  3. Political Comment (17 January 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 3 17-Jan-2011 POLITICAL COMMENT Political Comment (17 January 2011) Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has responded to violent unrest in the country by announcing that he will not run for reelection in 2014. Lebanon's na...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 03
    Published at Mon, 17 Jan 2011