Tag: Middle East

(Middle East/Shiite Crescent) The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis (BESA Center)

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Lebanon. It is for this reason that the Islamist regime...

(Middle East) In the Middle East, poverty is down but economic grievance is up. Why? (Brookings)

Steven Heydemann The political economies of the Arab world present a fascinating but puzzling paradox. On the one hand, the region’s trajectory over the past...

(Russia/Middle East/USA) Russia Tries to Counter US Moves in the Middle East, in Vain (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev As its relations with Europe deteriorate and partnership with China hits an apparent pause, Russia searches for new opportunities to restore its...

(Middle East/USA) The Smart Way out of the Middle East (The Hill, CSIS)

Jon B. Alterman The United States has been rebalancing away from the Middle East for almost a decade now. Weary of committing blood and treasure...

(China/Middle East/USA) Between Opportunity and Unpredictability: China’s Middle East in the Biden Era (Stimson Center)

Yun Sun  ·  Dr. Gedaliah Afterman The new US administration’s swift reversal of some of its predecessor’s policies in the Middle East is a source of optimism...

(USA/Middle East) How President Biden Can Tackle the Middle East’s Biggest Problems. Nine joint recommendations from leading think tanks in the United States, United...

By Kirsten Fontenrose, Ebtesam Al-Ketbi, and Udi Dekel February 1, 2021 — As US President Joe Biden takes office and confronts the mire of interlocking crises that...

(Middle East) Why the Middle East Remains Violence-Prone (Syndication Bureau)

Burcu Ozcelik https://syndicationbureau.com/en/middle-east-violence-prone/

(Middle East) Hybrid security governance and the search for the State in the Middle East (War on the Rocks)

ARIEL I. AHRAM https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/hybrid-security-governance-and-the-search-for-the-state-in-the-middle-east/  

(Middle East) Practical challenges and hybrid hypocrisy: legal and policy dilemmas with the hybrid moniker (War on the Rocks)

ERICA GASTON https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/practical-challenges-and-hybrid-hypocrisy-legal-and-policy-dilemmas-with-the-hybrid-moniker/

(USA/Middle East) Proposals for the Biden administration on the Middle East and countering extremism (Madiha Afzal, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Fred Dews, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/proposals-for-the-biden-administration-on-the-middle-east-and-countering-extremism/

(USA/Middle East) What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East (Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-to-do-and-what-not-to-do-in-the-middle-east/

(Hellenic Countries/Middle East) The Hellenic Countries Are Integrating Into the Middle East (Dmitri Shufutinsky, BESA Center)

A lack of EU support against Turkey, as well as continued unfair economic policies, has seen Cyprus and Greece move away from Brussels and...

(France/Iran/Middle East) A French self-contradiction: Paris in list of selling arms to human rights violators (IRNA)

French foreign minister has lately made baseless claims on Iran’s quite conventional, legitimate arms programs while his country has been clearly breaching the human...

(Middle East) Incremental improvements in the Middle East (Kobi Michael, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where Magazine mets Kobi Michael, senior researcher at the Israeli INSS (Institute for National Security Studies) and editor of the think tank’s international prestigious journal Strategic Assessment, https://strategicassessment.inss.org.il/en/ INSS...

(Middle East/North Africa) National human rights institutions: A reason for hope in the Middle East and North Africa? (Turan Kayaoglu, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/national-human-rights-institutions-a-reason-for-hope-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/PANDEMIC – Infographic: The stringency of Middle East and North Africa’s COVID-19 response (Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/infographic-the-stringency-of-middle-east-and-north-africas-covid-19-response/