Syria Situation Map, 22 February 2017
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 22 February 2017
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Feb, 2017
A New President, A New Approach: What Can We Expect From Trump On Iraq?
Mesut Ozcan | 17 February 2017 | TR
A new U.S. president means a new foreign policy for the world. With the election of Donald Trump as president, his priorities and diplomatic style will have its effect on different parts of the world, including the Middle East and Iraq.
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Feb, 2017
Intra-group Fractures in Iraq Paper Series (II) – The Iraqi Arab Shia Political Crisis
Muhanad Seloom | 15 February 2017 | TR
There is a narrative often told by Iraqi politicians and commentators that Arab Sunnis have excluded themselves from politics by boycotting the post-2003
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Feb, 2017
Democracy is still the answer for Arab world
Wadah Khanfar | 10 February 2017 | AR
Al Sharq Forum President Wadah Khanfar analyses the power plays that have torn the region apart No analysis of power dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa region can ignore the necessity of a [...]
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Feb, 2017
From St Petersburg to Astana: The Russian-Turkish accord has run its course
Basheer Nafi | 08 February 2017
On 9 August 2016, Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg. Since Turkey was still preoccupied at the time with confronting Fethullah Gulen's organisation which was accused of carrying out [...]
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Jan, 2017
Russia And Egypt: Opportunities In Bilateral Relations & The Limits Of Cooperation
Leonid M. Issaev | 26 January 2017
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, relations between Egypt and Russia underwent a period of "stagnation" characterized by a weak level of interaction, as well as the decay of the old relations and forms of cooperation.
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Jan, 2017
From Ideology to Pragmatism: How Putin Changed Russia’s Focus in the Middle East
Yury Barmin | 23 January 2017
The success of the Russian military in Syria against all odds has reignited the debate as to what guides Vladimir Putin in the Middle East and whether Syria is only a harbinger of its ambitions.
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Jan, 2017
Can the U.S. under Trump and Russia Cooperate in the Middle East?
Dimitar Bechev | 18 January 2017 | TR
With Donald Trump on the brink of being sworn in as the new president, relations between U.S. and Russia are also on the verge of rapprochement. The incoming administration, which sees Moscow as an ally in the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in Syria,
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Jan, 2017
Rafsanjani: A Portrait
Abdullah Yegin | 16 January 2017 | AR
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran’s most important political actors and a man who took on crucial roles at some of the most critical times from the 1979 Islamic revolution to the present day, has passed away from a heart attack at the age of 82. Despite his advanced years, Rafsanjani’s death was not an expected development, and came as a shock to the
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The Turkish PM’s visit to Iraq: A New Turn in Relations?
Mesut Ozcan | 16 January 2017 | AR | TR
After critical statements were exchanged between Turkish and Iraqi politicians over the last quarter of 2016, the New Year began with the visit of a Turkish delegation to Baghdad and Erbil led by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.