GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Infographic
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 01 October 2019 | AR | TR
GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Infographic
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Oct, 2019
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 01 October 2019 | AR | TR
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 01 October 2019 | AR | TR
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Sep, 2019
Is the Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates alliance really in trouble?
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 27 September 2019
Yemen’s President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi has renewed calls for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be expelled from the Saudi-led anti-Houthi coalition, because of Abu Dhabi’s diverging policies which undermine the Yemeni government’s authority. [...]
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Sep, 2019
Pakistan: Balancing Between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Shah, Ayatollahs, and Kings.
Omer Aslan | 25 September 2019 | AR | TR
Pakistan remains a key actor in the Middle East. ‘Islamic Alliance’ would arguably have already been admitted dead-born more easily if Pakistan had refused to join
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Sep, 2019
A Gladiator in the Digital Age: Mohammad Ali as a Case
Nabeel Odeh | 24 September 2019 | AR | TR
In one of the most powerful scenes of the 2000-directed movie “Gladiator”, Oliver Reed, who played Proximo, addressed Maximus, performed by Russell Crowe, saying: “Listen to me, learn from me. I was not the [...]
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Sep, 2019
Russia and Egypt: A Precarious Honeymoon
Alexey Khlebnikov | 24 September 2019 | AR | TR
Egypt arguably numbers among Russia’s strongest allies in the Middle East. Since first seizing power through a coup d’état in 2013, AbdelFateh al-Sisi has regularly been seen in the company of President Vladimir Putin
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Sep, 2019
The Military and Politics in Algeria
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 22 September 2019 | AR | TR
The Military and Politics in Algeria
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Sep, 2019
Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Paola Rivetti (eds.), Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings: Governance, Pluralisation and Contention
Ferit Belder | 13 September 2019
The Arab Uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the end of 2010 initiated a new phase of political activism and continue to rock decades-old establishments in the region. During this [...]
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Sep, 2019
Asef Bayat (ed.), Post-Islamism: The Changing Faces of Political Islam
Mehmet Akif Koc | 13 September 2019
Islamism has been one of the critical concepts in describing Middle Eastern states and communities, particularly in the aftermath of events such as the Iranian Revolution of 1979, post-9/11 US military intervention in Afghanistan and [...]
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Sep, 2019
Bernard Rougier & Stephane Lacroix (eds.) Egypt’s Revolutions Politics, Religion, and Social Movements
Mehmet Akif Koc | 13 September 2019
As one of the powerful geopolitical and historical centres of the Arab world, Egypt has restored its long-lasting system of ‘strongman’ rule following President Morsi’s ousting in July 2013. Within the context of state-society relations [...]
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Sep, 2019
EU Policies in the Middle East: Changes and Effects on Regional Politics
Sanaa El Banna | 11 September 2019 | AR | TR
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.