Will Saudi Arabia’s streak of liberalization extend to normalizing ties with Israel?
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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
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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
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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
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Beyond Heroes, Symbols and Role Models: Women at the Centre of MENA Politics
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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
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*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
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*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
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Published in the Jerusalem Post
How the Middle East Thinks About Great Power Competition
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Published in the National Interest
Saudi Arabia is the Gulf’s Status Quo Power
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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 […]