Zubir R Ahmed | 14 September 2021 | TR
Early August 2021, the Mustafa al-Kadhimi government announced the “Iraqi Neighboring Countries Conference,” designed to focus on regional challenges and ways to overcome them. The conference, held on August 28, 2021, was initially aimed at hosting Iraq’s neighbors, particularly Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan
Khaldoun El Charif | 13 September 2021 | AR
Lebanon from August 2015 to October 2019: Attempts to Rehabilitate a Nation Lebanon currently holds among the highest debt to GDP ratio in the world, and a banking sector pressured into collapse, as the [...]
Ammar Fayed | 10 September 2021
Egyptian-Turkish relations have been dominated by regional tension and competition over the past years. These tense relations have been critical for the entire region given the considerable regional weight of both countries. Hence, the tension in their bilateral relations has affected overall regional stability, especially in cases that affect both countries’ interests
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 06 September 2021
Can the UAE and Turkey mend their fraught ties? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s phone call with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) de facto ruler, on August [...]
Navvar Saban | 31 August 2021 | TR
Towards the end of 2017, the Syrian Interim Government announced the establishment of the "Syrian National Army (SNA)," whose main objective was to unite all military factions that had fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in addition to the YPG/SDF throughout the Turkish-led "Euphrates Shield" and "Olive Branch" military operations.
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Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 27 August 2021 | AR | TR
Following the presidential elections held in Syria in May 2021, the PYD-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has witnessed protests in the territories under its control. The deteriorating economic living standards coupled with the Syrian Democratic Forces’ forced military conscription led people to organize protests
NEDRA CHERIF | 24 August 2021
The 25th of July has become a highly symbolic date in Tunisia, not only as the anniversary of the first republic’s proclamation in 1957, but also as a date marked by key events throughout the Tunisian transition. The recent exceptional measures announced by President Kais Saied on that date, however, did not come as a surprise, but rather constitute the culmination of the protracted and multifaceted crisis that has affected Tunisia for the last several years
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 03 August 2021 | TR
How will President Raisi shape Iran’s EU approach? | Hassan Ahmadian What developments in Russian-Iranian relations can be expected under Raisi? | Nicole Grajewski Will the [...]
Hassan Ahmadian | 02 August 2021 | TR
How will President Raisi shape Iran's EU approach? The European Union’s (EU) role as a global actor has significantly diminished in the eyes of Iran’s political elite and its public more broadly, due to [...]
Mohammed Sinan Siyech | 29 July 2021
India’s presence in the Middle East region has been continuously evolving over the last few decades. An indicator of its ambitions and positions can be gleaned from its foreign policy stances in the Israel – Palestine conflict
