Zubir R Ahmed | 25 February 2021
Deciphering the Rocket Attack on Erbil in Light of Tehran-Washington Rivalry The assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, the external wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and [...]
Betul Dogan Akkas | 05 February 2021
What does the breakthrough in the GCC crisis mean for Turkey? At the 41st GCC Summit on January 5, the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states- Saudi Arabia, the UAE, [...]
Ferhat Polat | 14 January 2021
Ten years After the Arab Spring: Has the Libyan Conflict Come to an End? Political uprisings and widespread protests that erupted in late 2010 and known as the Arab Spring have shaken the entire Middle [...]
Samuel Ramani | 13 January 2021 | TR
On January 5, the Qatar diplomatic crisis came to an abrupt end at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt ended their boycott against Qatar, which began in June 2017
Elif Beyza Karaalioglu | 08 January 2021
Iran is Bracing for Biden's Presidency After a long November 2020 election process, with a record turnout, Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the election and declared his victory on November 7. President-elect Joe Biden [...]
Anna L. Jacobs | 07 January 2021
The lifting of the Qatar blockade is a good start, but more steps are needed On the eve of the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, Kuwait’s foreign ministry announced that Saudi Arabia would [...]
Mona Alami | 11 December 2020
The Israel and Gulf countries’ normalization leaves Lebanon, already isolated, further marginalized at the regional level. Lebanon’s continuous domination by Hezbollah means that the country will be increasingly viewed as a growing security concern for Arab countries in the wake of the Abrahams accords, which will allow for more direct and covert coordination between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
Adem Yilmaz | 04 December 2020
Major General Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC-QF), was a figure of national resilience in Iran against four decades of U.S. pressure. Soleimani had an outsized role
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 23 November 2020
Hope for peace in Libya advanced after new United Nations (UN)-brokered Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission talks took place last month, aiming to establish a long-term ceasefire to the war-torn country. The agreement was signed in Geneva on October 23. 75 UN selected delegates joined talks in Tunisia on November 13 and “agreed that national elections should take place on December 24, 2021.”
Riccardo Gasco | 07 October 2020
/ / Where does Italy stand in the Eastern Mediterranean Dispute? The recent spike in tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean has once again grabbed [...]
