Hazal Muslu El-Berni | 25 January 2022
The Saudi Side of the Story: Motivations and Prospects of Rapprochement in the Gulf The final months of 2021 witnessed a flurry of intensive diplomatic activity from Gulf states towards their erstwhile rivals. Beginning [...]
Harun Karcic | 25 January 2022
What is happening in Bosnia? Bosnian Serbs recently celebrated an outlawed holiday with a provocative parade showcasing domestic-made armored vehicles ominously named ‘Despot,’ low-flying police helicopters and long-barrel totting special forces marching in lockstep [...]
Zubir R Ahmed 
Nawzad Abdullah | 21 January 2022
Strategic dialogue between Iraq and the US (United States) came to the conclusion that coalition troops should be withdrawn on 31 December 2021, with the coalition’s mission becoming a purely advisory role
Federico Donelli | 18 January 2022 | AR | TR
This brief analyzes Ethiopia's conflict dynamics and highlights some of its regional and global implications. The Ethiopian military's intervention in the northern region of Tigray in November 2020 has triggered
Hazal Muslu El-Berni 
Betul Dogan Akkas | 14 January 2022 | TR
With the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2008, Turkey became the first non-Gulf country to engage with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) through a strategic dialogue mechanism
Sinem Cengiz | 30 December 2021
Another approach to Turkey-Gulf reconciliation: Ankara’s ties with Kuwait and Oman The recent regional climate of reconciliation in the region will bring benefits not only to the states that were directly involved in the [...]
Kamaran Palani 
Khogir W. Mohammed | 27 December 2021 | TR
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a major centre of power in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), has witnessed a significant confrontation between its co-presidents since July 2021, further dispersing power and widening the leadership vacuum in the region
Betul Dogan Akkas | 23 December 2021
In 2018, students and scholars of Gulf Studies were shocked by news stories reporting that a PhD student from Durham University was charged with spying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to evidence [...]
Miriam Tresh | 22 December 2021
Following the UN-mediated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libya’s first national elections since 2014 were announced. In advocating for early elections as a post-conflict solution to instability, policymakers have failed to consider the reality of electoral participation for citizens. In actuality, voting is a high-cost low-benefit
M. Nurullah Gulec | 20 December 2021
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a persistent human capital problem which manifests itself in high unemployment and a low share of nationals in the labor force.
