Mona Alami | 10 December 2018 | AR | TR
As tensions rise in Idlib, the current political equilibrium in Syria no longer appears sustainable in the long run. The parties engaged there have various and often mutually exclusive goals
Chafic Choucair | 07 December 2018
This paper examines the role of the jihadi movement’s "ulema" and its future, particularly in light of the dialectical relationship that links them with jihadi discourse and jihadi movements.
Cinzia Bianco | 20 November 2018 | AR | TR
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
Michael Nasr | 08 November 2018 | AR | TR
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
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
Deniz Baran | 02 October 2018 | TR
In May 2018, Lebanon held its first parliamentary elections since 2009, and Hezbollah secured 13 out of 128 seats in parliament
Leonid M. Issaev | 01 October 2018 | TR
One of the main problems in Yemeni society that was not resolved during the turbulent transformations of the 20th century was the correlation of the tribal and state systems, which inevitably entailed a conflict of sovereignties
Thomas Fink | 14 August 2018 | AR | TR
The Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is facing various challenges. Besides the urgent need for the socio-economic development
Omar Ashour | 01 August 2018 | AR | TR
This policy brief seeks to understand the sources of strength of armed non-state actors and to explain why stronger state actors have sustained difficulties in defeating them on the tactical
Jamal Khashoggi
