The Islamic Republic as we know it cannot endure. However, its collapse or transformation does not guarantee liberation. What ...

The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities ...

Last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei effectively greenlit mass killings to save his regime. His message was blunt: ...

Iran is at a critical juncture. The clerical establishment is confronting the most sustained and deadly unrest it has faced ...

As the rivalry between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi sharpens in Yemen and beyond, Turkey has begun edging closer to Saudi Arabia. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has openly acknowledged Saudi concerns, ...

Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer holds an MPhil in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Guest Researcher at the German Institute for International and Security ...

Iran is once again at a boiling point. For more than a week, nationwide protests have shaken the country, with tens of thousands pouring into the streets of major cities, including Tehran. As calls ...

Dr. Dania Thafer is the Executive Director of Gulf International Forum. Her area of expertise is on US-Gulf relations, security and the political economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

Sippi Azarbaijani-Moghaddam is a social scientist and consultant with 17 years of international experience in programming in conflict and post-conflict settings. She has worked and travelled ...

Peter Russell is an American graduate political science student with private sector experience in corporate social responsibility, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.

This bonus episode of Middle East Focus features a conversation from MEI’s Virtual Briefing Series. Director of Communications Zeina Al-Shaib is joined by Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow Alan Eyre and ...