Anna L. Jacobs | 08 February 2021
What does Blinken’s confirmation hearing say about future US policy in the Middle East ? On January 19, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing in which Biden’s Secretary of State nominee [...]
Betul Dogan Akkas | 05 February 2021
What does the breakthrough in the GCC crisis mean for Turkey? At the 41st GCC Summit on January 5, the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states- Saudi Arabia, the UAE, [...]
Thembisa Fakude | 04 February 2021
Could this be Qatar’s moment in the politics of the region? The recent decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to lift the blockade against the state of Qatar comes at a crucial point [...]
Larbi Sadiki | 03 February 2021 | AR
As Arabs mark the tenth anniversary of their uprisings, scholars find endless interpretations of how to read them. Transitologists are yet to find their Godot – Arab Spring “democracy”. Ten years have been fraught with more counter-revolution than revolution? And of more authoritarian rule than democracy?
Mohammed Sinan Siyech | 15 January 2021
With the electoral victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, US foreign policy towards the Middle East will witness a few course changes based on previous statements made by the incoming president. It behooves analysts, therefore, to understand what sort of changes a Biden presidency can bring to India’s foreign policy specifically towards the Middle East
Ferhat Polat | 14 January 2021
Ten years After the Arab Spring: Has the Libyan Conflict Come to an End? Political uprisings and widespread protests that erupted in late 2010 and known as the Arab Spring have shaken the entire Middle [...]
Samuel Ramani | 13 January 2021 | TR
On January 5, the Qatar diplomatic crisis came to an abrupt end at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt ended their boycott against Qatar, which began in June 2017
Kamaran Palani | 06 January 2021 | AR
Youth disillusionment with the heavily politicised system of governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is not new. What is new is that young people’s anger and frustration now present a serious challenge to the KRI’s internal legitimacy
Larbi Sadiki | 30 December 2020 | AR | TR
Narratives matter in politics, and the narratives of the powerful tend to reinforce their international supremacy. Barack Obama’s latest contribution to the American presidential memoir genre will likely carry significance beyond a truthhood-falsity barometer we have grown accustomed to use with the epithets, statements, and Tweets of the sitting President Donald Trump
Federico Donelli | 25 December 2020 | AR | TR
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are often portrayed by the media and analysts as a single regional power group. Although the alliance is not at stake, it has a much more complex nature than is most commonly represented. The two Gulf monarchies show different stances and preferences on a variety of regional issues
