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16 April 2025

Is Tunisia really turning East?

Mohamed Dhia Hammami

External actors, Recent, Tunisia

14 April 2025

Competing visions: Turkey, Iran and the struggle to shape the regional order

Sanam Vakil, Galip Dalay

Geopolitics & regional security, Iran, Recent, Turkey

7 April 2025

Women’s empowerment in the Gulf: the question of personal status law

Hanaa Almoaibed

Gender, Recent

3 April 2025

Green finance is picking up in the GCC, but its challenges may restrain the transition across MENA

Ahmed Aboudouh

External actors, Political economy, Recent

31 March 2025

Assad’s fall ends drug smuggling – but trafficking to Jordan persists

Haid Haid

Geopolitics & security, Jordan, Recent, Syria

28 March 2025

Carbon credits: another way to delay meaningful action on climate change in Iraq

Taif Alkhudary

Climate change, Iraq, Recent

26 March 2025

Hezbollah’s smuggling lifeline: can Syria’s new authorities cut it off?

Haid Haid

Geopolitics & security, Lebanon, Recent, Syria

24 March 2025

How Haftar’s focus on southern Libya relates to a growing regional strategy

Ahmed Ahmed

Geopolitics & security, Libya, Recent

13 March 2025

Can the Federation Council help address Iraq’s ongoing ‘state’ crisis?

Mustafa Hamza Mustafa

Governance & accountability, Iraq, Recent

24 February 2025

Trump’s return brings many dangers to Palestinians – and an opportunity

Tariq Kenney-Shawa

External actors, Israel, Palestine, Recent

21 February 2025

Iraq’s water shortage crisis: a transnational conflict systems perspective

Zmkan Ali Saleem

Climate change, Geopolitics & security, Iran, Iraq, Recent

17 February 2025

The fight for political supremacy in Iraq’s judiciary

Sajad Jiyad

Governance & accountability, Iraq, Recent

20 January 2025

What does the COP29 finance agreement mean for the Gulf countries?

Aisha Al-Sarihi

Climate change, Recent

12 December 2024

Iraq’s ongoing struggle to solve its water crisis through desalination

Dania Al Khafaji

Governance & accountability, Iraq, Recent

30 October 2024

How Saudi women are pioneering sustainability through art, heritage and community

Hanaa Almoaibed

Gender, Recent, Saudi Arabia

25 October 2024

Contentious government formation in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region could scupper reform efforts

Winthrop Rodgers

Governance & accountability, Iraq, Recent

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Governance & accountability, Syria

1 September 2022

A Helsinki process for the Middle East? Key questions for mobilizing cooperative security in a changing region

Dalia Dassa Kaye

Geopolitics & security, Regional

20 October 2022

A MENA regional approach to address the implications of climate change

Shira Efron

Climate change, Regional

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