Zeynep Koc | 21 November 2018 | TR | AR
The Khashoggi case showed that Turkey’s role and leadership in the MENA region cannot be outsourced to other powers like Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which means both the US and Turkey need to acknowledge and address each other’s key concerns.
Cinzia Bianco | 20 November 2018 | TR | AR
When addressing the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 1981, most scholars embrace realist arguments, arguing that its formation was directly related to the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979
See Seng Tan | 13 November 2018 | TR | AR
Assessing the contributions of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to regional security can be a rather perplexing exercise. ASEAN has no shortage of admirers who readily valorise ASEAN as, according to one formulation, “the success story of the Third World.”[1] Referring to the grouping as “a well-functioning, indispensable reality in [Southeast Asia],” Kofi Annan, the late former secretary general of the United Nations, once opined that ASEAN “is a real force to be reckoned with far beyond the region.”[2]
Michael Nasr | 08 November 2018 | TR | AR
This brief paper discusses the challenges that Syrian Refugees face in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. In short, it analyzes the situation of refugees in each of these three countries
Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin | 05 November 2018 | TR | AR
In the latest general elections held in May 2018, PAS and the newly formed Islamist party, the AMANAH won the plurality of votes and managed to secure a number of legislative seats in the parliament and states
Leonid M. Issaev | 25 October 2018 | TR | AR
Russia’s relations with Saudi Arabia throughout its modern history were difficult and ambiguous. The interaction between these countries involves a history of ups and downs, severe conflicts and sharp warmings, which can largely be explained by the constantly changing role and place of each country in the world in general and in the Middle East in particular.
Luay al-Khatteeb | 24 October 2018 | TR
Iraq is at a historic crossroads after stop-start efforts to reform its economy. Rapidly recovering oil prices have seen the return of Iraq’s investment budget and are providing a unique opportunity for the government to rebuild war torn cities and provide services for millions of citizens.
Kamaran Palani | 06 October 2018 | TR | AR
The aim of this brief is to answer the following question: What does the contentious government formation process mean for the future of the Iraqi state and the nature of its politics?
Ranj Alaaldin | 03 October 2018 | TR
This paper establishes the extent to which armed non-state actors can be integrated into governance structures and the political orders they have ferociously contested in recent years
Courtney Freer | 05 September 2018 | TR | AR
Several members of the Donald Trump administration have voiced their concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood and its alleged links to violent jihadi organizations. For a period at the beginning of the Trump presidency,
