Colin Powers

@CPowers1986

PhD in International Relations Works mostly on MENA

Joined February 2020
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    The same people who last week were saying "Palestinians are sovereign and therefore responsible for vaccinating themselves" are today complaining about the ICC investigating war crimes, on the grounds that Palestine is *a non-State actor*

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    Mar 1

    🔎Our missions: 📍Conducting and supporting independent research 📍Advocating for the craft of research 📍Bringing academic standards of research into the public sphere 📍Pushing knowledge forward and promoting inclusivity. Learn more about us here 👇👇

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    Feb 25

    "As automation spreads it will intensify the crises of capitalism and sharpen conflicts b/t those working and those not working, those paying taxes and those not paying taxes. Out of this conflict will grow a counter-revolutionary movement...

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    Feb 26

    At , we want to offer an empirically-grounded and humanistic alternative to clichés on the MENA region. and will talk about "counter revolution" and its impact on people's daily life.

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    Feb 23

    “The Forever War, like the Culture War, creates conditions for comfortable people to imagine themselves in an existential struggle, without actually being in one,” writes :

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    Feb 23

    Exciting news! After months of work, we launch our Noria MENA Program. Read our Manifesto to understand why and how our approach is different, and why it matters in 2021. 👉

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    Feb 23

    🎉✨Noria Research is proud to launch its Middle East and North Africa program! To discover the publications, the team and the projects, take a look here ➡ ➡

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    Feb 21

    NEW POST: Ibrahim Shikaki () examines how structural distortions associated with a crippling productive sector and dominance of internal trade developed as a result of Israel’s oppressive economic policies in Palestine since 1967.

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    Feb 19

    My latest tells how the -backed brothers helped jettison -backed at the Those who blame his Feb 5 loss on the , are omitting stuff. This essay on ’s new govt also offers a brief biography of the …

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    Feb 19

    📢 Our brand new website is online ! Conceived as a platform for showcasing our , it is a tool at the service of our core mission of , , and . Check it out 👉

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    Feb 18

    📢 Our brand new website is online ! Conceived as a platform for showcasing our , it is a tool at the service of our core mission of , , and . Check it out ➡️

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    Feb 17

    THREAD This essay emerged from dozens of conversations with people who generously shared their time and insight with me. As the piece could only fit a fraction of these exchanges, here are a few more excerpts that I found illuminating

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    Feb 15

    Alright, some thoughts on why we probably should be much more careful when using categories such as 'domestic/national bourgeoisie' as opposed to 'foreign capital' (along the lines of Dependency Theory or otherwise). Two reasons: 1/n

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    Feb 15

    Must Read - Our Research Fellow in Political History Blog Mexico : for decades, the Afro-Mexican population has been devastated by environmental injustice. A moment of reckoning? You can't miss it 👇

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    Feb 2

    "FBI memos and reports obtained by historian and writer Aaron Leonard now show that senior FBI officials played key roles in planning the raid and the subsequent cover-up. “It was approved at the highest level,” says attorney Jeff Haas"

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    Jan 26

    A decade on from the 2011 Arab uprisings, we're looking back at some of the highlights of MERIP's coverage from this key moment in the region's history. Give them a read here:

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    Jan 25

    I wrote an essay of personal reflections on the last decade, all our region has been through, and how we cope. It was emotionally-challenging, to say the least. Hope it resonates, and I hope I managed to articulate some of what we feel.

    “The painful truth was that not a single one of our countries was well-placed for a transition to better governance.” Ahmed writes about the lessons learned from the MENA uprisings 10 years ago, and the inevitable push for change in the region
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    Jan 24

    Western ’s airbase hosts a great deal of activity pertaining to . Nbr of military vehicles stored there increased for months starting in Aug 2020. Storage just got emptied—which means all may have gone into . Suggests a forthcoming .

    ⚠️Day 8: "Fly Sky" /UR-FSA (former UR-COE) from 🇯🇴 + /UR-FSE (former UR-EAB) from 🇦🇪UAE visit NW 🇪🇬/🇱🇾, most likely Sidi Barrani Air Base. More significantly: the vehicle storage (since Aug '20) there seems to be emptying?
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    Jan 24

    This is why the ongoing movement in won't lead to anything. Apart from the divisiveness of anti-Islamist slogans, drawing analogies between the current events and Sisi's coup, calling it "the |ian revolt against the MB's rule" is totally repulsive and unacceptable.

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    Jan 23

    According to this LinkedIn post now going viral on Facebook, sent these 60 police trucks to support the repression of the ongoing protests in .

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