Tag: Middle East & North Africa
129 Articles
- 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!…
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
- Dialogues
The Energy Transition—Insights from Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, The Honourable R. Clarke Cooper
GJIA: Now we will move on to the second part of the interview, focusing more on energy and diplomacy. With the global energy transition gaining momentum, how do you see the Gulf…
November 15, 2024
- Global Governance
The Israel-Palestine Conflict and China’s Actorness in the Middle East: A Challenge to US Influence
Introduction China has significantly bolstered its economic and military capabilities in the last twenty years by expanding ambitious projects such as the Belt and Road…
October 28, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Historicizing the Gaza War Through the Use of Collective Violence
Introduction On October 7, 2023, forty men belonging to the militant wing of Hamas, governing as the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip, executed a terrorist attack in.…
October 3, 2024