The Regional Consequences of Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
Basheer Nafi | 15 May 2018
The Regional Consequences of Trump's Jerusalem Decision
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May, 2018
Basheer Nafi | 15 May 2018
Basheer Nafi | 15 May 2018
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Mar, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince’s Vision 2030 and His Repressive Measures | Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi | 20 March 2018
Jamal Kashoggi argues the Crown Prince can be a constructive force in the Middle East peace if only he gives up his adversary obssesion with the Arab Uprisings and stops fighting Political Islam because Political [...]
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Feb, 2018
From Astana to Sochi: How de-escalation allowed Assad to return to war
Galip Dalay | 21 February 2018
As many experts have pointed out, the Russian-backed Astana process, rather than leading to a reign of peace, presented the opportunity for the Syrian government to redesign and restructure the conflict in its favour. Putting [...]
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Feb, 2018
Al Sharq Youth Circles (sub-networks)
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 20 February 2018
The circles are the sub networks of ASY. These five circles are reflected in Al Sharq Digital Network and in each Hub to form a unique network among youth who share the same profession and [...]
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Feb, 2018
Is the Election of Trump Good News for the Autocratic Regimes in the Region? | Shadi Hamid
Shadi Hamid | 20 February 2018
This video was recorded on Nov 14, 2016, during Al Sharq Forum's Conference "Europe and its Neighbourhood – Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management in the 21st Century," organised in partnership with International Crisis Group and [...]
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Feb, 2018
Why a Kurdish national state will fail
Basheer Nafi | 19 February 2018
On one of the Kurdish nationalist websites, Diyarbakir is described as the main centre for Kurdish economics, culture and politics in Turkey. The website, whose mission is both political and educational, provides a brief history of the [...]
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Feb, 2018
What do Trump’s Twitter account, Nikki Haley and Raza Zarrab have in common?
Zeynep Koc | 14 February 2018
Iran entered the new year with protests that dominated headlines, filling the vacuum in the western media left by the holidays. It seems to have caught people by surprise that Iranians were protesting with rigor and prevalence [...]
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Jan, 2018
The politics behind Turkey’s Afrin operation
Galip Dalay | 23 January 2018
On Saturday, Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-majority province of Afrin in northwestern Syria. Alongside earlier artillery shelling of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions, the air bombing was only a prelude to the ground operation which began the following day. With this, Syria's highly complex [...]
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Jan, 2018
The limits of transactionalism in Turkey-Kurdistan relations
Galip Dalay | 17 January 2018
What was previously depicted as a very strong relationship between Turkey and the Kurdistan region seems to have been no more than a fragile, transactional one Turkey's relationship with Iraqi Kurdistan has been a subject [...]
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Jan, 2018
Socioeconomic Drivers of the Protests
Tamer Badawi | 08 January 2018
Socioeconomic changes, largely stemming from President Hassan Rouhani’s economic policies since he took office, have had the biggest impact (among several factors) on driving and shaping the recent protests in Iran. The initial protests that [...]