Deconstructing Détente: How 2022 World Cup Can Reshape the Gulf’s Politi...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has given billions of fans all over the world a...
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Politics On Display On and Off the Field
Over the past three weeks, the world has enjoyed watching the FIFA World Cup, the...
Spinning Plates: Al-Sudani’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act
After more than a year of political deadlock, Mohammed al-Sudani finally succeeded in forming a...
Iran’s 2022 Protests: The View from Turkey
After 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed by the Iranian “morality police” in early September 2022,...
Ethnic Minorities in the Iranian Protests: Tehran’s No-Win Situation
The ongoing mass protests in Iran, which have steadily grown more violent over the past...
The Enemy of My Enemy: Ukrainian Diplomacy in the Gulf
On November 6, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stridently condemned Iran for supplying unmanned aerial vehicles...
The Gulf States Weigh Trade-Offs of Engaging With the Taliban
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the massive evacuations of international troops dramatically altered Afghanistan’s...
Lessons of History: The Fleeting Nature of Iran-Russia Collaboration
Isolated from the international community and full of antipathy toward the West, Iran and Russia...
Overconfidence Costs Iran Influence in the South Caucasus
Amid mass protests gripping its major cities, Iran’s relations with the states in its immediate...
FIFA 2022 Qatar and Building Bridges in the Gulf
All across Qatar, excitement has steadily built as the small Gulf monarchy prepares for the...
Competing Interests and Disparate Payoffs: GCC States Weigh Outcomes of Ira...
The widespread upheaval in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini has shifted international attention...
Iran’s Stakes in the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Standoff
From the moment the USSR imploded in 1991, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s relationship has been typified...