Mehmet Alaca 
Bekir Aydogan | 18 March 2022
Ethnic and religious minorities are given official quotas both in Iraqi and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) parliaments. While the given quotas are limited to certain numbers, some of the minorities do not have any quotas
Inga Kristina Trauthig 
Lukas Kupfernagel | 15 March 2022 | TR
While the established conflict lines in Libya between the Western-based forces in Tripoli and the Eastern-based forces in Benghazi and Tobruk persist, recent developments have put their relevance for Libya’s future into question. Analysts are still trying to understand the implications not just nationally, but also with regard to the plethora of external actors with interests in the country
Abdolrasool Divsallar | 09 March 2022
There is a common belief that the Washington and Tehran’s return to the Iran’s nuclear deal would open a new window of opportunity for regional security talks. However, could other geopolitical developments hamper this possibility?
M. Tahir Kilavuz | 01 March 2022
The Tunisian democratic experiment, once the last remaining hope of the Arab revolts, was put to an end on July 25, 2021, as President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of government and the freezing of parliament
Zubir R Ahmed 
Nawzad Abdullah | 21 January 2022
Strategic dialogue between Iraq and the US (United States) came to the conclusion that coalition troops should be withdrawn on 31 December 2021, with the coalition’s mission becoming a purely advisory role
Hazal Muslu El-Berni 
Betul Dogan Akkas | 14 January 2022 | TR
With the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2008, Turkey became the first non-Gulf country to engage with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) through a strategic dialogue mechanism
Sinem Cengiz | 30 December 2021
Another approach to Turkey-Gulf reconciliation: Ankara’s ties with Kuwait and Oman The recent regional climate of reconciliation in the region will bring benefits not only to the states that were directly involved in the [...]
Kamaran Palani 
Khogir W. Mohammed | 27 December 2021 | TR
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a major centre of power in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), has witnessed a significant confrontation between its co-presidents since July 2021, further dispersing power and widening the leadership vacuum in the region
Betul Dogan Akkas | 23 December 2021
In 2018, students and scholars of Gulf Studies were shocked by news stories reporting that a PhD student from Durham University was charged with spying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to evidence [...]
Miriam Tresh | 22 December 2021
Following the UN-mediated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libya’s first national elections since 2014 were announced. In advocating for early elections as a post-conflict solution to instability, policymakers have failed to consider the reality of electoral participation for citizens. In actuality, voting is a high-cost low-benefit
