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Helen Clapp

Helen Clapp

Helen Clapp is an MSc International Relations student at the LSE writing about the Middle East and the United States. She studied international relations and Arabic at Amherst College. She is particularly interested in American foreign policy in the Middle East and human rights issues.

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On 13 June 2021, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ousted by a diverse coalition of rivals after 12 years in power. The new coalition is made up of an …

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The story is now a familiar one: on 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a fruit seller in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid, lit himself on fire following the confiscation …