Tamer Badawi | 23 May 2018
At a time when its economic interests are threatened both by Saudi Arabia’s attempts to develop economic cooperation with Iraq and the likelihood of renewed sanctions following the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran is [...]
Joost Hiltermann | 23 May 2018 | AR | TR
t has been a hundred years since the outlines of the modern Middle East first took shape. Britain and France, having emerged victorious from the First World War, set out to divide the remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire.
Galip Dalay | 21 May 2018
Ankara is traditionally wary of Tehran’s ambitions in its immediate neighbourhood. But despite experiencing occasional shifts, their relationship has long been relatively stable. Since neither country views the other as posing an existential threat – [...]
Walter Posch | 21 May 2018 | AR | TR
In recent years, Iran’s activities in Syria have come under severe criticism. In particular, the presence of Shiite militias orchestrated by Tehran has been at the center of Western, Arab, and of course Israeli critique.
Farhad Rezaei | 21 May 2018
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear agreement, passed with great difficulty by Congress and was signed on July 14, 2015, but has been subjected to sustained criticism [...]
Basheer Nafi | 15 May 2018
The Regional Consequences of Trump's Jerusalem Decision
Hassan Ahmadian | 07 April 2018 | AR | TR
This article is aimed at scrutinizing Saudi Arabia’s new policy toward Iran in the Middle East
Mohammad Affan | 05 April 2018
For a while, the Egyptians thought that the era of factious elections had become a thing of the past. For a while, they thought that they would never again see a president “win” an [...]
Jamal Khashoggi | 20 March 2018
Jamal Kashoggi argues the Crown Prince can be a constructive force in the Middle East peace if only he gives up his adversary obssesion with the Arab Uprisings and stops fighting Political Islam because Political [...]
Mesut Ozcan | 16 March 2018 | TR
After the defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS), the priority for Iraq is now rebuilding the country in order to avoid a similar scenario to that which the country witnessed after the emergence of ISIS in 2014
