The Palestinian refugee issue has not been treated with the urgency it deserves in past negotiations. Palestinian refugees are actively involved in the conflict and can no longer be ignored or ...

With their harsh social policies, unbroken ties to terrorist organizations, and stiflingly narrow political rule, the Afghan Taliban have regularly ignored the pleas for change by the United States ...

Close observers of policy trends in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will notice that digital transformation and data governance are becoming vital issues in the region. Over the last decade, Gulf ...

On Jan. 10, the governor of Shabwa, Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki, announced its liberation from the Iran-backed Houthis after their forces were driven out of the districts of Ain, Usailan, and Bayhan ...

The Soberana-2 COVID-19 vaccine is among Cuba’s most recent efforts at bilateral cooperation with Iran. Commonly referred to as Pasteurcovac in Iran, the jab was developed as part of a collaboration ...

The digital revolution has become a cornerstone of economic diversification efforts in emerging markets, particularly in countries seeking to reduce their dependence on oil and gas production. Among ...

Before World War I, America appeared a distant but vibrant and benign entity far removed from the conflicts and imperial contests of the old world. Through the late 19th and early 20th century, it was ...

The second Trump administration has been pushing to expand the Abraham Accords beyond their initial signatories since coming to power. Progress on bringing in additional Arab states faltered while ...

The Dorra Gas Field, located in shallow waters offshore in the northern Arabian Gulf, lies at the junction of competing territorial claims by Kuwait, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. With the growing gas ...

Last week saw a flurry of diplomatic activity between Baghdad and Ankara. The top priorities in the talks that took place in Erbil, Ankara, and Baghdad almost simultaneously were oil exports, the ...

This article was first published in Policy Center for the New South. It was co-authored by Mohammed Soliman and Alberto Tagliapietra. Subsea data cables are essential to the functioning of today’s ...

This work derives from a final report produced for the Middle East Institute’s Black Sea Program as part of a U.S. State Department Title VIII fellowship. After years of provocations, Russia’s ...