The End of 2019: The Mashreq and World Trends

Nine years since the outbreak of the Arab revolutions, internal tensions and instability are still shaping the situation in the Arab Mashreq region
Nine years since the outbreak of the Arab revolutions, internal tensions and instability are still shaping the situation in the Arab Mashreq region
India’s recent actions in the contested region of Kashmir have led to an intense response from Pakistan and other states
On September 17, Israel went to the polls again after the failure of coalition talks in the aftermath of the April 9 elections.
The shift towards far-right politics and the rise of support for authoritarianism have been two marked trends in international politics. These trends can be linked to the phenomenon of the retreat of liberalism as its promise of economic prosperity along with progressive democracy has failed to deliver on both terms.
Tunisia’s fragile democracy has been able to survive against all odds, despite being situated amidst a region full of turmoil and civil wars
Prime Minister Modi’s government in India has revoked the state of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status from the temporary provisions of the Indian Constitution.
India’s relations with Iran have been long fraught with complexity due to the geostrategic advantages of the relationship being counterbalanced by very different perspectives on external actors such as the United States, Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia
Riyadh's Look to Asia King Abdullah’s historic visit to Beijing in 2006 marked the beginning of a new chapter in Sino–Saudi relations, building on the Kingdom’s purchase of 36 CSS-2 “East Wind” intermediate-range ballistic [...]
What Does the International Probe into the Khashoggi Case Mean? Over the past week, media outlets have released new revelations about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and critic of the [...]
The end of 2018 was deeply eventful for Syria. Among other developments, in the wake of efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran, the main guarantors of the negotiation process on Syria