Will Saudi Arabia’s streak of liberalization extend to normalizing ties with Israel?

When Saudi Arabia will normalize ties with Israel depends on the war in the Gaza Strip, but the current status quo already heralds a change.
COP28 is Middle East’s Last Chance to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

The COP28 summit has ambitious goals with particular relevance to the Middle East, ensuring the region plays a key role in fighting climate change.
How the United Arab Emirates Has Promoted Tolerance, Co-Existence and Multiculturalism to Confront Religious Violence

The UAE has long anchored its religious model on the paradigm that the moral antidote to Islamist radical ideologies is based on a politically quietist conceptualisation of Islam.
The Long Road to a Substantive Settlement in Yemen

Beyond Heroes, Symbols and Role Models: Women at the Centre of MENA Politics

Women’s political mobilisation is central to MENA’s regional dynamics, yet it often takes major events to draw global attention to these issues.
French Foreign Policy in the Middle East (dup)- TEST EVENT

*No registration required. Join the event by clicking on the Zoom link below or copying it into your browser manually: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84359266782 Since his reelection in 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron […]
French Foreign Policy in the Middle East

*No registration required. Join the event by clicking on the Zoom link below or copying it into your browser manually: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84359266782 Since his reelection in 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Netanyahu’s return throws future of Israel-Gulf ties into question

Published in the Jerusalem Post
How the Middle East Thinks About Great Power Competition

Published in the National Interest
Saudi Arabia is the Gulf’s Status Quo Power

Saudi Arabia has been an anchor of stability and growth in the Gulf and beyond. There are at least three reasons for this. First, as the largest economy in the […]