The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, needs to institute a new constitution before next autumn as the current system does not allow him to stay in power with sufficient authority or to address the Turkish nation’s framework for resolving the Kurdish issue. His opportunity lies in the link between constitutional amendment and solving the Kurdish issue.
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Egypt’s stability has again been shaken as a result of political disorder, this time characterised both by the opposition’s ever weakening ability to control the vandalism, crime and rising Salafi influence in its ranks and President Muhammad Mursi’s faltering ability to promote coherence within state institutions.
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Although France and ECOWAS member countries began beating the drums of war in Mali several months ago and an international resolution from the UN Security Council was acquired, the breakthrough sparking military action was a surprise to everyone, coming months before the time set for intervention.
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The regimes in Sudan and South Sudan face domestic and foreign pressures that make it in their interests to come to an agreement on the contentious issues between them and unite against the troubles that compromise their stability.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces the most dangerous dilemma since the beginning of his tenure, as the latest demonstrations against his policies relate to the extension of peace across the country and across all social strata’s, which could ultimately spell the weakening of his rule.
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