Mohamad Fawaz | 04 September 2025
On 5 August 2025, the Lebanese cabinet convened at the Presidential Palace in Baabda to debate an agenda item unprecedented in recent years: a state monopoly on arms. The session—chaired by President Joseph Aoun—ended [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 07 August 2025
Al Sharq Strategic Research is looking for interns for a four-month paid internship scheme starting in September 2025. The internship position is for young fellows who have an interest and experience in studying the [...]
Javad Heiran-Nia | 05 August 2025
The 12-day war between Iran and Israel served as a geopolitical turning point that transformed the balance of power in the Middle East and signaled the emergence of a new regional order. This war [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 01 August 2025 | AR
The fate of the renewed peace process that Türkiye launched with the PKK after a decade is taking a dangerous turn in the wake of the dramatic events in Southern Syria. Following recent developments [...]
Huzayl Mohd | 29 July 2025
The decline of the PJD had been a major concern for the Islamist in Morocco and it has now led us to the very question, why, and what is the main drive of this [...]
Ibrahim Ba Matraf | 11 July 2025
The recent political movements in Hadhramaut, particularly the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance's announcement of its intention to establish self-rule in Hadhramaut, represent a fundamental development in the Yemeni political arena. This is not only because [...]
Janna Abouelkhair | 08 July 2025
Israel has been ramping up its propaganda expenditure as a form of soft power. Earlier this year, its Foreign Ministry received an additional $150m allocated to shaping public opinion on Israel.
Javad Heiran-Nia | 14 May 2025
Iran-U.S. negotiations are currently underway, with both sides having entered technical talks to examine the details in pursuit of a framework agreement. Following Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election in 2024, Iran's [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 06 May 2025
Nearly five months have passed since December 8th, 2024, in Syria. The initial revolutionary fervor has now given way to sobering realities. In other words, the country has returned from its honeymoon to grim reality on the ground.
Habiba Ali | 06 May 2025 | AR
Jérôme Drevon’s From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics (Oxford University Press, 2024) offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of this transformation. Focusing primarily on Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra—later restructured as [...]
