This article is an abridged excerpt from the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum and the UK Abraham Accords Group’s recently published joint policy paper on Israel, Syria and Lebanon’s ...
Until recently, regime change in Iran was approached apprehensively in the world of foreign policy. But now that the Iranian government has murdered thousands[i], if not tens of thousands[ii], of ...
The Trump administration has recently released the 2026 National Defense Strategy[i], outlining its policy for the Middle East. In the wake of the Gaza war and heightening tensions with Iran, the ...
The enduring struggle between secular constitutionalism and religious authority continues to define the Iranian political landscape. Amidst ongoing protests and renewed debates over state legitimacy, ...
On 30 th January, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced a ceasefire with the Syrian government and agreed to the integration of military and administrative units into the Syrian ...
The rapid expansion of commercial satellite constellations, such as Planet, has fundamentally transformed maritime domain awareness (MDA).[i] Governments, industry, and maritime security centres such ...
At the start of 2025, the Libyan file was characterized by a state of vacuum and stagnation, eight months after the resignation of UN Special Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, following the failure of his ...
When asked “where are you from, Iraq or Syria?” by a journalist, two children not older than nine shouted from afar “neither – we are from the Islamic State.”[i] This moment, captured in a video in Al ...
Avoiding a full-scale invasion of Syria to defeat ISIS, both due to domestic pressure and potential fears of a wider confrontation with Russian and Iranian forces, the U.S. counted on Syrian-Kurdish ...
This article is an abridged excerpt from the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum and the UK Abraham Accords Group’s recently published joint policy paper on Israel, Syria and Lebanon’s ...
As strategic competition between the United States and China intensifies, Western policymakers have become increasingly attentive to the deepening political, economic, and technological ties between ...
As Abu Dhabi moves confidently into the 21st century, shaped by advances in modern economics and statecraft, Riyadh remains constrained by the symbolic and ideological weight of its past. As the ...
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