Tag: Middle East & North Africa
130 Articles
- 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
- Dialogues
Technorealism–Book Conversation with Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil on the Digital Double Bind
GJIA: Could you explain what the book is about and share what motivated you to write it? Joe Khalil (JK): What we set out to do in the book is explore how the digital turn is…
September 8, 2024
- Conflict & Security
The Rules-Based Order and the High Stakes of Western Sahara
Introduction The last few years have witnessed several developments that attest to the fragility of the rules-based international order: Russia’s occupation of Crimea and…
July 6, 2024
- Global Governance
What Can Indonesia Learn from Qatar’s Experience in Mediating Conflicts in the Middle East?
Introduction As a small wealthy country flanked by two regional powers harboring mutual suspicion (Saudi Arabia and Iran), Qatar is attempting to assert itself as a force to be…
April 29, 2024
- Global Governance
Democratic Recession and the Judicialization of Elections in Africa
At A Glance: The Electoral-Judicial Nexus The assumption that the legitimacy of electoral democracy is contingent and conferred exclusively by the people has been increasingly…
February 3, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Afghan-Sino Relations: A Different Mindset. A Different Outcome?
Introduction For two decades, the Taliban and other rebel organizations have been the target of US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military operations in.…
January 17, 2024
- Business & Economics
The End Game to Lebanon’s Woes: IMF Reform And Political Willingness
The Crisis At A Glance Lebanon has been in the throes of an unprecedented financial crisis since October 2019, when the country was shaken by widespread demonstrations protesting…
November 10, 2023
- Dialogues
Thinking Through the Diplomatic, Strategic, and Humanitarian Implications of the Israel-Hamas War, with Expert of Palestinian Affairs Khaled Elgindy
GJIA: To establish some context, why did Hamas conduct this attack on Israel now, and what were their strategic goals in conducting this attack, if any? KE: Obviously, we cannot…
November 9, 2023
- Dialogues
Preventing Genocide within Afghanistan from an Anthropological Framework, with Genocide Watch President Dr. Gregory H. Stanton
GJIA: The Ten Stages of Genocide came from your firsthand experience in post-genocide Cambodia and your professional career in the Foreign Service during the 1994 Rwandan.…
October 13, 2023
- Conflict & Security
Saudi-Iran Deal: A Test Case of China’s Role as an International Mediator
China’s Saudi-Iran Deal On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced the normalization of ties brokered by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with a joint trilateral…
June 23, 2023