14 Jan, 2021

Ten years After the Arab Spring: Has the Libyan Conflict Come to an End?

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 [...]

Ten years After the Arab Spring: Has the Libyan Conflict Come to an End?2022-06-23T12:18:03+03:00
13 Jan, 2021

Breakthrough in the Gulf Crisis Will Shape Regional Geopolitics

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

Breakthrough in the Gulf Crisis Will Shape Regional Geopolitics2022-04-26T11:42:01+03:00
6 Jan, 2021

Youthful Anger and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Iraqi Kurdistan

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

Youthful Anger and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Iraqi Kurdistan2022-06-10T16:45:20+03:00
30 Dec, 2020

Reflections on Obama’s Narration of America in the Middle East: No “Promised Land” for Arabs

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

Reflections on Obama’s Narration of America in the Middle East: No “Promised Land” for Arabs2022-12-01T16:18:32+03:00
25 Dec, 2020

Near in fear and far in aspiration: convergences and differences of the KSA-UAE alliance
Dec 25, 2020

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

Near in fear and far in aspiration: convergences and differences of the KSA-UAE alliance
Dec 25, 2020
2022-05-12T16:25:46+03:00
11 Dec, 2020

Where does Arab Normalization Leave Lebanon
Dec 11, 2020

Mona Alami | 11 December 2020

The Israel and Gulf countries’ normalization leaves Lebanon, already isolated, further marginalized at the regional level.  Lebanon’s continuous domination by Hezbollah means that the country will be increasingly viewed as a growing security concern for Arab countries in the wake of the Abrahams accords, which will allow for more direct and covert coordination between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.

Where does Arab Normalization Leave Lebanon
Dec 11, 2020
2022-04-28T15:37:42+03:00
7 Dec, 2020

The Dynamic of Syria’s Return to the Arab League

Omer Aslan | 07 December 2020 | TR

For the last two years, several members of the League of Arab States (LAS) have taken incremental steps to bring Syria back under the LAS tent. Oman never cut diplomatic ties with Syria, and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain reopened their embassies in Damascus. Several other Arab states such as Algeria, Iraq, Tunisia, and Lebanon have been calling for Syria’s return to the League

The Dynamic of Syria’s Return to the Arab League2022-11-25T13:58:52+03:00
4 Dec, 2020

Can Javad Ghaffari Fill the Hole in Syria That Qasem Soleimani Left for Iran?

Adem Yilmaz | 04 December 2020

Major General Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC-QF), was a figure of national resilience in Iran against four decades of U.S. pressure. Soleimani had an outsized role

Can Javad Ghaffari Fill the Hole in Syria That Qasem Soleimani Left for Iran?2022-11-25T16:17:43+03:00
23 Nov, 2020

Biden Administration’s policies towards the Middle East: A Paradigm Shift?

Al Sharq Strategic Research | 23 November 2020 | AR | TR


For four years, the Trump administration’s policies towards the Middle East and North Africa region has brought more uncertainty and instability to an already unstable region. Approaching the highly complicated regional disputes within the narrow lens of arms deals or appeasing ultra-conservative political bases has had serious consequences. They have messed with the international principles of solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, created an unprecedented record of human rights violations and political repression, and saw the flaring up of the regional armed confrontations, to mention but few.

Biden Administration’s policies towards the Middle East: A Paradigm Shift?2022-11-25T17:32:33+03:00
5 Nov, 2020

“Frozen” Federalism: Territorial Remake and Civil War in Yemen
Nov 5, 2020

Leonid M. Issaev Andrei Zakharov | 05 November 2020

The Republic of Yemen, the current borders of which were carved in 1990, was the embodiment of the aspiration of two formerly existing Yemeni states, the Northern and the Southern, for political unity with the preservation of regional specificity. Nevertheless, the Civil War in 1994

“Frozen” Federalism: Territorial Remake and Civil War in Yemen
Nov 5, 2020
2022-05-10T14:05:27+03:00
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