The public disagreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia this week in the OPEC+ group has shaken international markets given the high stakes involved for a deal supporting...
detailsWithout deep legislative and structural reforms, Lebanons agricultural sector could suffer severely, pushing even more people out of work and into poverty.
detailsSpot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.
detailsThe blasts that ripped through Beirut’s historic port could hardly have come at a worse time, as the city struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis...
detailsThe Nabatieh protestors smashed the notion of a Shia community solidly behind Hezbollah and Amal.
detailsEgypt has long sought to expand habitation and agriculture into the desert, but the obstacles are great.
detailsEstablishing a credible National Wealth Fund would help to alleviate the countrys multiple crises.
detailsToday, four of the five pillars that had sustained Lebanon are collapsing, creating fears for the future.
detailsThe United Arab Emirates plans a space mission to Mars this week, bolstering the country’s regional power status.
detailsIraqs military responses to the coronavirus pandemic are diverse: creating more tension in Shia civil-military relations, building trust in Sunni civil-military relations, and pushing the government to emphasize sovereignty over externally fueled partisan
detailsThe Egyptian military may intervene in neighboring Libya, but it likely wants to avoid a major confrontation.
detailsArms sales to countries in the Yemen conflict continue, despite violations of human rights and conditions of transfer.
detailsSince 2011, borderlands in the MENA region transformed into considerable sites of contested power by a plethora of actors.
detailsConservative Republicans have unveiled a report that could have terrible consequences for a country already facing ruin.
detailsThe Makhlouf affair may accelerate a generalized collapse of Syrias economy and effective control over the country.
detailsLebanons politicians know they must save their country from an implosion in order to save themselves.
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsIn an interview, Amir Afkhami explains what Covid-19 may mean for Iran, and the world.
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsBaghdads motorized rickshaws are a symbol of the larger crisis Iraq faces as it fails to give its youths a viable future.
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsLebanon is struggling against simultaneous shocks, and the country is in urgent need of a new social contract.
detailsThe Arab uprisings of 2019 are stages in a political struggle that is likely to continue.
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