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Further destabilisation in the Middle East possible according to new report

By Guest PostJuly 10, 2013Politicsaleppo, arab gulf states, assad, China, crisis in egypt, damascus, destabilization, east west stand, Environment, ex cathedra manner, gareth stansfield, geopolitical flux, hizbullah, homs, interests of israel, iranian nuclear targets, Iraq, jordan, lebanon, levantine neighbours, michael clarke, middle east, neo imperialist, proximity to europe, proxy, proxy war, region wide war, revolutionary guard, rusi, russia, saudi arabia, sectarian hatreds, security council, security institute, south lebanon, strategy, sunni islamist militants, syrian civil war, turkey, un, university of exeter, western capitals

The crisis in Egypt is already having a negative effect on the Syrian civil war and contributing to further destabilisation of the wider Middle East according to a major new report.

Professor Gareth Stansfield from the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute and the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies wrote the report, for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent think-tank for defence and security which advises governments and the wider policy community.

‘The Remaking of Syria, Iraq and the Wider Middle East’ report suggests that important as events in Cairo are, they distract Western attention from the much bigger game being played out in Syria which significantly risks changing the Levant after a century of relative territorial stability. Professor Stansfield who is also an RUSI’s senior associate fellow analysed the impact the Syrian civil war could have on the future of the Middle East state system across the Levant. (more…)

Will the Next Bill Gates Please Step Up: Young Entrepreneurs Meet Microsoft’s Founder

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2012Technologyaids, Bill Gates, bing maps, brad smith, croatia, davos, dominik tomicevic, dreamspark program, ecuador, gerardo francisco perez layedra, horizon, imagine cup, jason wakizaka, jordan, kinect, malaria, melinda gates, microsoft chairman, mohammad azzam, ngo, project horizon, skillbox, social entrepreneur, student technology, switzerland, team falcondev, team kidnect, team lifelens, team oasys, tuberculosis, vision center, windows phone, world economic forum

*Students from around the world talked with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Executive Vice President Brad Smith on Friday about removing obstacles that keep young people from starting their own businesses and nonprofits.*

Davos, Switzerland — Jan. 30, 2012 — When the world’s policymakers descend on Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Bill Gates can usually get their attention.

This year, in between discussing food sustainability and announcing a US$750 million donation to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, Gates turned his attention to a few students who hope to make a similarly outsized humanitarian mark on the world. (more…)

Scientists Discover a Climate Change Warning Deep Under The Dead Sea

By Guest PostDecember 8, 2011Environment, Scienceadi torfstein, africa, basin, biblical overthrow, california, climate change, climate projections, dead sea, dead sea level, drilling deep, earthquakes, egypt, emi ito, environmental history, future mideast conflicts, Germany, human development, Israel, Japan, jordan, jordan river, lakebed cores, mideast, mideast cave deposits, migration of early humans, mordechai stein, muddy sediment, natural phenomena, near east politics, palestinian authority, salt, salty waters, san andreas fault, sea, sea level, seismic risks, short on water, steven goldstein, stone age people, syria, united nations, united states, volatile region, walls of jericho, war against israel, warm period, zvi ben avraham

*University of Minnesota professor is part of international team that predicts the volatile region’s water may once again vanish*

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL — An international team of scientists drilling deep under the bed of the Dead Sea has found evidence that the sea may have dried up during a past warm period similar to predicted scenarios for climate change in coming decades. Emi Ito, professor of earth sciences in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, is a research team member. (more…)

Exeter Academic Contributes to New TV Series on Islam

By Guest PostJuly 20, 2011Culture, Mediabbc, british citizenship, historical personality, islam, islamic intellectual history, Jerusalem, jordan, mecca, muslims, muslims in britain, prophet, rageh omaar, saudi arabia, syria, the life of muhammad, the uk, the usa, turkey, university of cambridge, university of exeter

*A University of Exeter academic, who is an expert on Islam, has contributed to the new television series ‘The Life of Muhammad’ currently being broadcast on BBC Two. The three-part documentary, presented by journalist Rageh Omaar, charts the story of the Prophet who, in little more than 20 years, changed the world forever.*

Professor Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter’s Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, provided expert advice to the BBC team. He also appears in the series. (more…)

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Further destabilisation in the Middle East possible according to new report

Will the Next Bill Gates Please Step Up: Young Entrepreneurs Meet Microsoft’s Founder

Scientists Discover a Climate Change Warning Deep Under The Dead Sea

Exeter Academic Contributes to New TV Series on Islam