Saudi Arabia and Indonesia: Clashing visions of ‘moderate Islam’
Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith in the 21st...
Ukraine: Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets
Emiratis celebrated their failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as the end of an era in...
Ukraine: Lessons not being learned
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the international condemnation it generated contains key lessons for policymakers.
They are lessons that should have been...
Imaging the day after a Russian conquest of Kyiv: Not a pretty picture
It may be only a matter of time before Russian troops control the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
However, that may...
Middle Eastern states walk a tightrope that Ukraine spins ever tighter
Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging bets increasingly tricky.
Unlike...
Ukraine: It’s the new world order, stupid
Ukraine is about much more than the security of one sovereign nation. The battle for Ukraine is a battle for the new world order.
In...
Russia breathes down Middle Eastern necks over Ukraine
Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove to be...
Food in Israel divides and unites as much as it shapes identity
Food, far more than diplomatic relations with Arab states, could be turning Israel into a state rooted rather than implanted in the Middle East...
Ukrainian ripples: Turkey and Israel eye extended cooperation in Central Asia
A recent dinner in Washington suggests that a seemingly forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog could be about more than putting...
Turkish gold conversion plan likely to falter on lack of public trust
When Turkish finance minister Nureddin Nebati this week announced plans to encourage households to convert their gold holdings into Turkish liras in a bid...