6 May, 2025

Book Review: From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics by Jerome Drevon

Habiba Ali | 06 May 2025

Jérôme Drevon’s From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics (Oxford University Press, 2024) offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of this transformation. Focusing primarily on Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra—later restructured as [...]

Book Review: From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics by Jerome Drevon2025-05-06T15:32:38+03:00
14 Apr, 2025

The Dichotomy of Security and Threat: Defining US Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Beyond

Ramzy Baroud | 14 April 2025 | AR

The United States’ approach to foreign policy, both in the Middle East and globally, can be largely understood through a binary framework: states and actors are categorized as either integral to US global security interests or as threats to those interests. This fundamental dichotomy permeates US political discourse, evident in frequent references to the security of Israel, Europe, and the Gulf States. These concerns are consistently rationalized through the prism of US national security.

The Dichotomy of Security and Threat: Defining US Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Beyond2025-04-15T10:47:11+03:00
3 Feb, 2025

Netanyahu’s Coalition Crisis: Navigating Resignations, Right-Wing Demands, and the Gaza Agreement

Taqwa Nedal Abu Kmeil | 03 February 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself at a critical juncture as his governing coalition faces internal fractures. The recent threats of withdrawal from his ultra-right-wing allies, combined with growing public support for the [...]

Netanyahu’s Coalition Crisis: Navigating Resignations, Right-Wing Demands, and the Gaza Agreement2025-02-03T13:16:26+03:00
3 Feb, 2025

The Middle East: A Region the US Wants to Leave—But Can’t

Abdullah Yasir Atalan | 03 February 2025 | AR

Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office resurrects an “America First” approach at odds with the more multilateral style of his predecessor. Biden emphasized alliances and multilateral solutions during his term, but Trump viewed [...]

The Middle East: A Region the US Wants to Leave—But Can’t2025-02-03T13:08:51+03:00
27 Jan, 2025

How Did the War in Gaza Pave the Way for a Renewed Peace Process in Türkiye?

Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 27 January 2025 | AR

After a decade of hiatus, Türkiye is again undergoing a renewed peace process with the PKK. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7, 2023, dramatically altered geopolitics in the Middle East

How Did the War in Gaza Pave the Way for a Renewed Peace Process in Türkiye?2025-01-27T17:28:37+03:00
24 Jan, 2025

From Iron Swords to Iron Walls
How Israelis Perceived the End of The War on Gaza

Sari Orabi | 24 January 2025 | AR | TR

(This text was translated from its original Arabic version.) On Tuesday afternoon, January 21, 2025, a number of Palestinians were killed in the Jenin camp. Dozens of others were injured in an attack by [...]

From Iron Swords to Iron Walls
How Israelis Perceived the End of The War on Gaza
2025-01-30T16:29:42+03:00
17 Jan, 2025

The Remnants of the Assad Regime and the New Syrian Authority’s Attitude Toward Them: Assertiveness and Pragmatism

Ayman Aldassouky | 17 January 2025 | AR

(This publication was translated from its original Arabic version.) Abstract: Contrary to expectations, the fall of the Assad regime did not lead to a repetition of the Iraqi scenario, as the new Syrian authority [...]

The Remnants of the Assad Regime and the New Syrian Authority’s Attitude Toward Them: Assertiveness and Pragmatism2025-02-17T15:51:35+03:00
30 Dec, 2024

Misinformation or Tactical Diversion: The Alleged Hit on the UAE’s Diplomatic Post in Sudan

Tayseer Mohamedali | 30 December 2024

Sudan’s war, now entering its twentieth month, has evolved into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises after the eruption of the destructive confrontations between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group [...]

Misinformation or Tactical Diversion: The Alleged Hit on the UAE’s Diplomatic Post in Sudan2024-12-30T15:16:30+03:00
18 Dec, 2024

Drone Strikes in the Al Sharq Region: The Evolvement of Asymmetrical Warfare

Habiba Ali | 18 December 2024

Asymmetrical warfare has long been a defining feature of conflict in the Middle East, shaped by various factors, including sectarian divisions, power vacuums, external interventions, and the region's complex geopolitics. The introduction of advanced [...]

Drone Strikes in the Al Sharq Region: The Evolvement of Asymmetrical Warfare2024-12-20T10:25:28+03:00
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