Nov 4, 2013 | External Publications
Civil society representatives have presented the Commonwealth People’s Forum 2013 Declaration to Foreign Ministers gathered for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo along with Chair of the Commonwealth Foundation, Sir Anand Satyanand and Director Vijay Krishnarayan.
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Oct 5, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
In this edition, we attempt to better-understand terrorism; the American War on Terror and the plethora of definitions that abound as well as the people most affected by terrorism and the key perpetrators and instigators of terrorist acts throughout history
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Sep 30, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
In this edition, we analyse the Saudi state and its Salafi trends
Aug 1, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
In this edition, we analyse the Muslim Brotherhood and the struggles for shaping contemporary Arab identity
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Jul 24, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
In this edition, we provide an insight and analysis into the current situation in Egypt, examinining the concept of justice and democracy
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Jun 26, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
In this edition we have continued our investigation of the authenticity of religious, political and social sets of ideas, as well as traits which have been cast in stone and idealised. Lacking the ability or the will to distinguish between the sacred and the profane, the permissible and the absolute, inhibits the natural ability and will to investigate, reform and remedy.
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Jun 1, 2013 | Policy Papers
The Cordoba Intellectual Revisions is a series of open debates facilitated by The Cordoba Foundation, to explore the limits and boundaries of the modern Islamic thought and ideology. This is a unique platform where old and new ideas are put to the strains of discussion and the contours of the sacred and the mundane are opened for scrutiny and investigation.
Participants comprise of Muslim intellectuals, activists and leaders representing various Islamic movements in the West and the Arab world as well as critical observers and experts in the field. The meetings are held under the Chatham House rule which stipulates that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
This second session of the Cordoba Intellectual Revisions series was themed, “Arab and Muslim National Security: Debating the Iranian Dimension”.
What follows is the summary of the main discussion and conclusions in both English and ArabicCIR_EngArabic_09_WEB
May 28, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
This issue covers identity in the MENA region and focuses on Algeria
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Apr 29, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
This issue examines: Turkey’s increasing clout in the Middle East; Iran’s Nuclear Program and the challenges for Libya’s future
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