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Women's Leadership Initiative

Directed by the award-winning author and activist Dr. Nina Ansary, the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) promotes open, inclusive dialogue between scholars, activists, thought leaders, business leaders, and policy practitioners about women’s rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa region. 

Mahsa Jina Amini Fellowship

Dedicated to supporting emerging female scholars, policymakers, leaders and advocates who are committed to driving change in Iran and across the Middle East and North Africa region, advancing the cause of women’s rights, gender equality and social justice.

Applied History Initiative

The Applied History Initiative (AHI) is a response to the need to inform Middle East policy with deep historical insight. The AHI serves as a hub for historically-minded research into the Middle East’s most pressing diplomatic and strategic issues. Its work is to encourage historians to apply their work to Middle East policy, and to support policymakers with historical insight as they approach the region’s key issues. 

Strategic Brief

The Strategic Brief is a concise news summary of the past week’s events complete with forward-looking projections on what’s next in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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First edition: July 2024
Publicly available: October 2024

This paper analyses the policy issue of the official recognition of the Kingdom of Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara by His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the implications of the potential implementation of Morocco’s 2007 Autonomy Plan for the territory, seeking to lay out the benefits for UK foreign policy interests in the short, medium and long term.

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The Hamas-Israel War: Regional Perspectives

31 October 2023

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2023 Turkish Elections: 5 More Years of Erdogan?

7 March 2023

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Domestic and Foreign Policy Under Israel's New Government

13 February 2023

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In Conversation with Brian Hook

14 December 2022

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