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
Zeynep Koc | 24 September 2018
Eminent journalist Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House reveals the unorthodox and dangerous agendas being pushed within the administration of US President Donald Trump. In one scene, former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn allegedly [...]
David Hearst | 18 September 2018 | TR
Journalists suffer from a occupational disease. We have a bad habit of placing ourselves at the centre of events, even though, more often than not , we are as distant to it as everyone else [...]
Tamer Badawi 
Osama Al-Sayyad | 07 September 2018 | AR | TR
The expansion of Iranian influence following the eruption of the Arab Spring revolutions transformed the image of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) in Arab communities, especially in Sunni ones
Courtney Freer | 05 September 2018 | AR | TR
Several members of the Donald Trump administration have voiced their concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood and its alleged links to violent jihadi organizations. For a period at the beginning of the Trump presidency,
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 17 August 2018 | AR | TR
Political Islam – both as an ideology and a social movement – has witnessed massive changes since the onset of the Arab uprisings. The Arab uprisings have permanently altered the major political dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and left a lasting impact on state structures, non-governmental organizations, and political and social movements, including political Islam movements (PIMs).
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
Magdalena Kirchner | 06 August 2018 | AR | TR
Much has been written in the past years about the U.S.’s disengagement from the Middle East and North Africa – be it as a consequence of shifting priorities or as one of many steps on a path towards global decline
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
