... authoritarianism Arab politics liberalization Democracy and the re-consolidation of authoritarian rule in Egypt Louay Abdulbaki Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia Despite the introduction of important liberalization measures, Egypt still suffers from serious democratic deficits. Mubarak s...

... to fester. Keywords: Palestine; Iraq; Lebanon; US Middle East Policy; Arab politics The term nexus denotes the existence of a bond, link or connection. Since ancient times, demographic, cultural, religious, social, economic, political and other ties have bound together the three societies of Palestine, Iraq...