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21 September 2026

A New Chapter in the War in Yemen

Didier Billion

Scientific Adviser at IRIS, Head of the Middle East/North Africa Programme

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Mapping Ideological Tendencies Within the Republican Party

Far from forming a homogeneous bloc, these ideological movements are characterised by the intertwining of four schools of thought whose boundaries – both blurred and fluid – are constantly being redefined within the Republican Party: neo-reaction, authoritarian libertarianism, post-liberalism and Christian conservatism.

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Mapping Ideological Tendencies Within the Republican Party

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