Geopolitics

GCC

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...

Qatar

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...

Iraq

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

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,...

Iran

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...

GCC

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...

GCC

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...

Iran

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...

Iran

Overconfidence Costs Iran Influence in the South Caucasus

Amid mass protests gripping its major cities, Iran’s relations with the states in its immediate...

GCC

FIFA 2022 Qatar and Building Bridges in the Gulf

All across Qatar, excitement has steadily built as the small Gulf monarchy prepares for the...

GCC

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

Iran’s Stakes in the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Standoff

From the moment the USSR imploded in 1991, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s relationship has been typified...

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