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Meet the Middle East’s
Peace of Westphalia Re-enactors
Can a series of far-flung, high-level conferences bring peace to the Middle East by applying lessons from 17th-century Europe?
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Iran: the revolution
that shook the world
Forty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to overthrow Iran’s corrupt monarchy. The revolt radicalised the region and inspired Muslims across the globe.
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How Iran’s rise is remaking
the Middle East
Led by its ruthless Revolutionary Guards, Iran will do whatever it takes to defend and preserve the Islamic Republic.
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Sunni vs Shia:
The roots of Islam’s civil war
How this conflict – played out in the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia – is destabilising the world.
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Ending the new
Thirty Years war
Why the real history of the Peace of Westphalia in 17th-century Europe offers a model for bringing stability to the Middle East.
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The Myth of
Westphalia
Some myths die hard, and the notion that the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648, established a system of full sovereignty for the princes of the Holy Roman Empire and the European powers is a tenacious one.
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A ‘Westphalia’ for the Middle East?
Historical Lessons for a Future Peace
Panel Discussion at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum 2017 with Simon Coveney, Taha Özhan and Volker Perthes
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Can there be a Peace of Westphalia
for the Middle East?
Can there be a Peace of Westphalia for the Middle East?
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A Westphalian Peace
for the Middle East
The war in Syria and the whole of the Arab world seems to have no end. For some, this is reminiscent of the Thirty Years' War in Central Europe.
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The Peace of Westphalia offers
helpful insights for Syria and Iraq
Just as the Thirty Years' War devastated Germany 400 years ago, the Middle East wars today are destroying Syria and Iraq.
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