Samuel Ramani | 13 January 2021 | TR
On January 5, the Qatar diplomatic crisis came to an abrupt end at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt ended their boycott against Qatar, which began in June 2017
Elif Beyza Karaalioglu | 08 January 2021
Iran is Bracing for Biden's Presidency After a long November 2020 election process, with a record turnout, Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the election and declared his victory on November 7. President-elect Joe Biden [...]
Dimitar Bechev | 07 January 2021
The launch of the Transadriatic Pipeline (TAP) has spearheaded the export of gas from the Caspian to Italy and Southeast Europe and inaugurated the much-discussed Southern Gas Corridor
Anna L. Jacobs | 07 January 2021
The lifting of the Qatar blockade is a good start, but more steps are needed On the eve of the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, Kuwait’s foreign ministry announced that Saudi Arabia would [...]
Kamaran Palani | 06 January 2021 | AR
Youth disillusionment with the heavily politicised system of governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is not new. What is new is that young people’s anger and frustration now present a serious challenge to the KRI’s internal legitimacy
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 31 December 2020
2020 has been a very eventful year for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The dramatic pace of events that occurred throughout the year has brought more uncertainty to the already volatile region. This year experienced the shocking assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad in the early days of the year as well as the Libyan Crisis
Larbi Sadiki | 30 December 2020 | AR | TR
Narratives matter in politics, and the narratives of the powerful tend to reinforce their international supremacy. Barack Obama’s latest contribution to the American presidential memoir genre will likely carry significance beyond a truthhood-falsity barometer we have grown accustomed to use with the epithets, statements, and Tweets of the sitting President Donald Trump
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 25 December 2020
Morocco’s ruling Justice and Development Party released a statement on Thursday, December 24, supporting King Mohammed VI and Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani over resuming official contacts and diplomatic relations with Israel in exchange for US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara region.
Federico Donelli | 25 December 2020 | AR | TR
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are often portrayed by the media and analysts as a single regional power group. Although the alliance is not at stake, it has a much more complex nature than is most commonly represented. The two Gulf monarchies show different stances and preferences on a variety of regional issues
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 18 December 2020
Turkish-Greek maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean have morphed into a conventional geopolitical confrontation between Turkey and a set of countries, including Greece, France, the UAE, and Egypt
