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Can Biden wean the US off its Middle East Addiction?

by ARTHUR KLEINMAN Following decades of borderline compulsive meddling in the politics of the Middle East, a series of foreign policy...

Biden's Role in the Future of Yemen

By LILY MECKEL War in Yemen has ravaged the country since 2014. What was initially a fight between the Houthi movement, with support from...

Will Israel’s Fourth Consecutive Election bring down Benjamin Netanyahu?

By ARTHUR KLEINMAN Last July, I published an article on this site arguing that it was too early to bet against Israel's ever...

Women's Right in the Middle East: Progress or Regress?

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By OPHELIA MERALI Women’s rights in the Middle East are embedded in a rich history of...

Modernity against Tradition in Saudi Arabia: The Case of Neom

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By REMI TROVO In order to modernise the country and diversify its economy, the Saudi Arabian...

Battle for Academic Freedom in Turkey

by JOE HILL The Rectorate Building at Boğaziçi University Throughout January, peaceful protests, advocating academic freedom, were...

The Arab Spring – 10 Years On by Ali Al-Enazi

Written by Ali Al-Enazi Tahrir Square, Cairo was the centre of the Egyptian Arab Spring Revolution. What occurred 10 years ago in the...

The assassination of Iran's top scientist: Masterstroke or miscalculation?

By ARTHUR KLEINMAN How does one define a nominally clandestine activity principally designed to illustrate beyond doubt the culpability...

The death of Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah marks the end of an era

BY ARTHUR KLEINMAN For the Middle East, the current moment is a foreboding one. With a number Arab states riven by conflict – in most...

Bahrain has normalised relations with Israel. Is Saudi Arabia next?

Earlier this month, it was announced that Bahrain would establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. This makes Bahrain the fourth...

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