Tag: Middle East & North Africa
132 Articles
- Business & Economics
Cultural Understanding as a Driver of Success in Global Labor Markets
Introduction Policymakers and scholars have often highlighted how multinational corporations (MNCs) are uniquely positioned to advance women’s empowerment in developing, …
July 9, 2025
- Conflict & Security
Global Energy Security: Western Dependence on Gulf Oil and the Role of Regional Mediation in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Introduction The 1973 Oil Embargo first revealed the deep interconnection between Middle Eastern stability and global energy security. In response to US military support to…
July 8, 2025
- Business & Economics
Trade Tensions, Oil Sanctions, and the Future of Middle East Oil
Introduction On April 2, the Trump Administration announced global reciprocal tariffs, including the Middle East. Gulf partners were spared from high reciprocal tariffs, with the…
May 13, 2025
- Conflict & Security
The Fall of Bashar al-Assad: Winners, Losers, and Challenges Ahead
Introduction The Syrian Civil War began in 2011 amid the Arab Spring with peaceful demonstrations against the authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The government responded…
May 7, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
The Long Horizon of Returns to Syria
Introduction On December 8, 2024, the Assad regime in Syria fell after nearly fourteen years of civil war. Over the course of the conflict, more than 6 million Syrians were…
April 30, 2025
- Conflict & Security
Why Hezbollah Fell
Introduction On March 3, 2025, Nawaf Moussawi, one of the few remaining senior figures of Hezbollah, sat for an interview with al-Mayadeen TV to discuss the militant group’s…
March 31, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Reforming the Kafala System: Persistent Violations of the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers and the Role of Private Recruitment Agencies
Introduction The Kafala system, a temporary labor migration regime primarily used in Jordan, Lebanon, and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, ties migrant workers’…
March 21, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Toward a Stable Day After in Lebanon
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end Lebanon’s “suffering” and “destruction,” promising to “get it done properly so it doesn’t repeat itself every 5 or 10 years!” The…
January 7, 2025
- Dialogues
Mexico’s and Qatar’s Evolving Partnership: A Conversation with Ambassador Guillermo Ordorica
In this interview, Guillermo Ordorica, Mexico’s Ambassador to Qatar since 2022, discusses the growing economic and cultural ties between Mexico and Qatar. Ambassador Ordorica…
December 26, 2024
- Conflict & Security
How the New Geopolitics of Energy Informs the Current Oil Price-Risk Relationship in the Middle East
Introduction There is now some consensus among oil market participants that the long-held assumption of a correlation of oil price to Middle East regional risk is broken. Since…
December 10, 2024