Suhail al-Ghazi | 21 May 2021
The Presidential Election in Syria and its Possible Political Implications On April 15, the Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Hammouda al-Sabbagh, announced that presidential elections in Syria would be held on May 26 and [...]
Ali Akbar Dareini | 11 May 2021
Israel’s dangerous shadow war with Iran Multiple acts of sabotage in 2020 and 2021 targeting Iran’s sensitive nuclear facilities and commercial vessels prompted Iran to blame Israel as the probable culprit. Whether Israel received [...]
Tiziana Corda | 07 May 2021
When Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan agreed in late June 2020 on an African Union (AU)-led process designed to solve the remaining issues related to the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Khaldoun El Charif | 05 May 2021
What Awaits Lebanon 100 Days after Biden’s Inauguration? The region is witnessing unusual diplomatic activity: Vienna talks between the United States and Iran serve as the headline. The “negotiation kit” is employed in parallel [...]
Alessandro Arduino | 04 May 2021 | TR
Following the tense US-China meeting in Alaska during the first high-level US-China talks of the Biden administration in March 2021,[i] Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi carried out a six-country swing through the Middle East.
Valentina Pegolo | 04 May 2021
Following the Arab Spring, Italy has tried to improve its geopolitical position in the Middle East. Its approach, however, has suffered from the lack of a grand strategy and overreliance on strategic partners
Harun Karcic | 30 April 2021
April was a busy month in the Mediterranean, particularly for the countries currently witnessing the birth pangs of a new strategic relationship: Greece, Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cyprus
Fouad Mami | 29 April 2021
The Battle for Syria contends that no solid understanding of the ongoing mayhem in Syria is possible without an equal consideration of the country’s internal and external conditions. Most studies on Syria focus on the internal structure of the regime: its sectarian components which allegedly makes it ‘coup-proofed’
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 27 April 2021
Renewed attempts to reach a breakthrough over Ethiopia’s River Nile dam faltered on April 4, as Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reiterated his warnings of a conflict. Tensions are therefore extremely high over the ongoing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Mohammed Sinan Siyech | 22 April 2021 | AR | TR
The Islamic State has gradually ramped up its attacks in Syria and Iraq since the mid-2020. This brief examines the group’s recent activities in both nations to interrogate if the group is undergoing a phase of resurgence in the region. Accordingly, it maps out the different factors that are aiding the group and provides some policy implications for governments in the region
