Middle East & Africa
Ending the vicious cycle in Syria’s ongoing catastrophe
Conflict in Syria is now in its fifth year and has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis after the Second World War. ...
Outflanking Iran: The Salman Canal Proposal
The Riyadh-based Arab Century Center for Studies published a report last month that calls for a 950km canal to be built through Saudi Arabia...
Syria: a labyrinth of ruin
The conflict and resulting destruction in Syria has been going on since 2011 and no foreseeable end is in sight. Over...
U.S. Engagement in Syria with Russia
Russia’s recent involvement in Syria led to a telephone conversation between the defence ministers of the US and Russia. During their discussion, they considered...
How the E.U Can Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has almost but disappeared from headlines. Only a bloody war in Gaza or a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv grabs the...
An Islamic Cold War: Navigating the Iranian-Saudi Relationship
Could Iran and Saudi Arabia’s willingness to use fellow Middle Eastern nations, like Syria and Yemen, as proxies in their conflicts against one another...
The Persian Lion Still Roars
Why does Iran still harbor such distrust and animosity towards the United States? This question is a key factor for understanding the continuous failures...
An Anti-Theory of Sanctions: Why an Iranian New Deal was Necessary
While the debate over the wisdom of concluding the Iran nuclear deal continues, this article takes a slightly more involved intellectual approach to explain...
Why the JCPOA Won’t Turn Iran Into the Next Saudi Arabia
Of all the anxieties surrounding this summer’s groundbreaking accord between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, concern over oil has been...
Why the JCPOA Won’t Turn Iran Into the Next Saudi Arabia
Of all the anxieties surrounding this summer’s groundbreaking accord between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, concern over oil has been...