War

Maxim Savinykh

May 122 min read

New Power Brokers of Global Politics? The Unexpected Role of the Gulf Monarchies in Ukraine War Negotiations

by Maxim Savinykh For at least the past two decades, the dominant Arab monarchies of the Gulf, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the...

Maxim Savinykh

Jan 820 min read

Israel-Russian Relations and the Recent Escalation in the Middle East Conflict

On 7 October Hamas, also known as the “Islamic Resistance Movement”, started what they called “Operation al-Aqsa Flood”, which resulted...

Matthew Bryant

Oct 30, 20239 min read

Nagorno-Karabakh: Historical analysis of a dynamic conflict at the fringes of the MENA-region

I: Intractable Conflicts Fought with the Sword At the current moment the Armenian Crisis regarding Nagorno-Karabakh is in an extreme...

Maxim Savinykh

Jun 15, 20239 min read

A Shaky “Grain Deal” and the Turkish Elections

Russian dissatisfaction Since the establishment of the “Grain Deal”, Russia often expressed skepticism and criticism regarding this...

Elsa Scholz

May 31, 20236 min read

Captagon – Giving the region a diplomatic high?

From opium in Afghanistan, to cannabis in Morocco and heroin in Turkey, drug trafficking and use in the Middle East, North Africa and...

Gabriele Guzzi

Feb 23, 20235 min read

One Year In – The Effects of the Ukraine War on the MENA Region

Exactly one year after Russia’s fatal invasion of Ukraine, the global geopolitical and economic landscape has changed perhaps...