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The battles in, above and around Syria

The battles in, above and around Syria

Amb. Robert Ford and Charles Lister join host Paul Salem to discuss last week’s U.S. airstrikes in Syria in response to the Assad government’s ongoing use of chemical weapons, what the Trump administration is signaling about America’s plans there, and the escalating standoff between Israeli and Iranian forces in the country.

Iraqi elections: crafting a democracy amid challenges

Iraqi elections: crafting a democracy amid challenges

In provinces where ISIS eradicated political structures and liquidated political opponents, attempts to revive political involvement are still tainted by a lack of trust in potential partners from outside the region and a lack of certainty in the future.

How sustainable is Russian-Saudi energy cooperation?

How sustainable is Russian-Saudi energy cooperation?

Saudi-Russian relations have been underpinned by their need to keep global oil prices up, and recent statements by both countries suggest that their cooperation could expand. This should be alarming for the United States.

 Syria strikes underline Assad’s vulnerability

Syria strikes underline Assad’s vulnerability

In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Charles Lister, Gonul Tol, Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Syria strikes, Turkey's Assad paradox, the Arab League summit, EU's view of the Iran nuclear deal, and clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Water crisis fueling tension between Iran, neighbors

Water crisis fueling tension between Iran, neighbors

Iranian leaders blame neighboring countries’ water management policies, the presence of U.S. forces in the region, and climate changes for Iran’s growing environmental problems, yet they largely overlook corruption and mismanagement, as well as government policies responsible for the deteriorating crisis across the country, writes Ahmad Majidyar.

The battles in, above and around Syria

The battles in, above and around Syria

Amb. Robert Ford and Charles Lister join host Paul Salem to discuss last week’s U.S. airstrikes in Syria in response to the Assad government’s ongoing use of chemical weapons, what the Trump administration is signaling about America’s plans there, and the escalating standoff between Israeli and Iranian forces in the country.

Iraqi elections: crafting a democracy amid challenges

Iraqi elections: crafting a democracy amid challenges

In provinces where ISIS eradicated political structures and liquidated political opponents, attempts to revive political involvement are still tainted by a lack of trust in potential partners from outside the region and a lack of certainty in the future.

How sustainable is Russian-Saudi energy cooperation?

How sustainable is Russian-Saudi energy cooperation?

Saudi-Russian relations have been underpinned by their need to keep global oil prices up, and recent statements by both countries suggest that their cooperation could expand. This should be alarming for the United States.

 Syria strikes underline Assad’s vulnerability

Syria strikes underline Assad’s vulnerability

In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Charles Lister, Gonul Tol, Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Syria strikes, Turkey's Assad paradox, the Arab League summit, EU's view of the Iran nuclear deal, and clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Water crisis fueling tension between Iran, neighbors

Water crisis fueling tension between Iran, neighbors

Iranian leaders blame neighboring countries’ water management policies, the presence of U.S. forces in the region, and climate changes for Iran’s growing environmental problems, yet they largely overlook corruption and mismanagement, as well as government policies responsible for the deteriorating crisis across the country, writes Ahmad Majidyar.

  • Analysis
    Apr 11, 2018
    Gönül Tol

    Turkey's precarious position in Syria

    Apr 11, 2018
    Gönül Tol
    The recent statements from Russia and Iran calling on Turkey to hand over Afrin to the regime should be a reminder to Ankara of the risks of putting all its eggs in the Russian basket.
  • Analysis
    Apr 10, 2018
    Samia Errazzouki

    The hollow war drums of the Western Sahara conflict

    Apr 10, 2018
    Samia Errazzouki
    Every year at the end of April, like clockwork, tensions rise between Morocco and the Polisario Front. It has become the norm for both parties to try to shift the status quo in their favor in the weeks leading up to the U.N. Security Council vote to renew its peacekeeping mission.This year is no different.
  • Analysis
    Apr 12, 2018
    Charles Lister

    The Israeli airstrike on Syria—a message

    Apr 12, 2018
    Charles Lister
  • Analysis
    Apr 11, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab

    The Middle East’s next big war?

    Apr 11, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab
  • Analysis
    Oct 31, 2017
    Charles Lister

    Understanding the long game in Syria

    Oct 31, 2017
    Charles Lister
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Analysis & Opinion

  • Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar

    Iran steps up Internet censorship as Khamenei declares war on Telegram

    Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
  • Iraq
    Apr 18, 2018
    Hassan Mneimneh

    Iraqi elections: crafting a democracy amid challenges

    Apr 18, 2018
    Hassan Mneimneh
    In provinces where ISIS eradicated political structures and liquidated political opponents, attempts to revive political involvement are still tainted by a lack of trust in potential partners from outside the region and a lack of certainty in the future.
  • Analysis
    Apr 17, 2018
    Rauf Mammadov

    How sustainable is Russian-Saudi energy cooperation?

    Apr 17, 2018
    Rauf Mammadov
    Saudi-Russian relations have been underpinned by their need to keep global oil prices up, and recent statements by both countries suggest that their cooperation could expand. This should be alarming for the United States.
  • Monday Briefing
    Apr 16, 2018
    Charles Lister, Gönül Tol, Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka and Marvin G. Weinbaum

    Syria strikes underline Assad’s vulnerability

    Apr 16, 2018
    Charles Lister, Gönül Tol, Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka and Marvin G. Weinbaum
  • Analysis
    Apr 12, 2018
    Charles Lister

    The Israeli airstrike on Syria—a message

    Apr 12, 2018
    Charles Lister
  • Analysis
    Apr 11, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab

    The Middle East’s next big war?

    Apr 11, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab
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Experts in the News

Bilal Saab on PBS Newshour

Foreign Affairs - Nov 12

Iran's Russian Turn

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
NPR - Nov 8

Parsing The Keys To A Diplomatic Solution In Syria

Robert S. Ford
The Huffington Post - Nov 6

The Key to Reviving an Afghan Peace Process May Just Be the Taliban

Marvin G. Weinbaum

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MENA Asia Project

  • Apr 17, 2018
    Andrea Ghiselli

    China and the Middle East: Growing Influence and Divergent Goals

    Apr 17, 2018
    Andrea Ghiselli
    This essay looks back at 2017, an eventful year, to see how China’s engagement with the Middle East has evolved. In particular, the essay draws upon the work done by the ChinaMed research team on the media and academic articles published over the year by Chinese and Middle Eastern commentators and experts.
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    Roie Yellinek

    Middle Eastern Students and Young Professionals in China: A Mutual Investment in the Future

    Apr 10, 2018
    Roie Yellinek
    This article, based on personal interviews and conversations conducted in China with 14 men and women in their 20s and 30s from across the Middle East, is intended to shed light on a phenomenon that the author observed while living in China, namely the increasing number of young Middle Easterners who are relocating there in order to obtain academic and professional credentials and experience.
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    Carolyn Nash

    Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power Strategy in Indonesia

    Apr 3, 2018
    Carolyn Nash
    This essay discusses Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power Strategy in Indonesia. The Saudi strategy of cultural investment in Indonesia — primarily engineered through building Islamic schools, supplying teachers and textbooks, and financing scholarship opportunities — has facilitated a channel of Saudi influence largely impermeable to Indonesia’s political changes over the last 40 years. Saudi-supported Islamic education not only survived but thrived under the oppression of Suharto’s New Order regime from 1966 to 1998. Today, under Indonesia’s often anti-liberal democratic rule, the country’s Saudi-educated Muslim elite have capitalized on opportunities to use increased political freedom to promote religious protectionism and hardline Islamic orthodoxy.
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    Hacer Z. Gonul and Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer

    The Dilemma of the “Halalification” (清真乏化) of Chinese Food

    Mar 27, 2018
    Hacer Z. Gonul and Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer
    This article explores Chinese eagerness to join and dominate the global Halal market via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Secondly, it examines why the state selected the Hui Muslims of Ningxia, rather than the larger community of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, to lead Sino-Muslim world trade. This section introduces model minority theory to assess Chinese government policy. Third, the article assesses the potential conflict between the Chinese export strategy with growing domestic resentment toward increasingly visible Halal segregation.
  • Mar 20, 2018
    Selçuk Colakoglu

    Turkey-China Relations: From “Strategic Cooperation” to “Strategic Partnership”?

    Mar 20, 2018
    Selçuk Colakoglu
    The blossoming of Turkey’s relations with China has occurred against the backdrop of Turkey’s apparent strategic estrangement from the West. But have Turkey and China succeeded in developing the full-blown “strategic partnership” envisaged in their 2010 joint communiqué? Relatedly, is Turkey on the verge of shedding its strategic links with the West in favor of consolidating them with China? This article aims to shed light on these two questions.
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    Guy Burton

    Explaining India’s Position on Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Mar 13, 2018
    Guy Burton
    When President Donald Trump announced that the United States would move its embassy to Jerusalem on December 6, 2017, he effectively recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This essay examines India's response to this development, in the broader context of its evolving relationship with Israel and with the United States.
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IranObserved

  • Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar

    Iran steps up Internet censorship as Khamenei declares war on Telegram

    Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
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    Ahmad Majidyar

    Tehran-backed Iraqi group threatens US, vows to stand by Assad regime

    Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
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    Ahmad Majidyar

    Rouhani and Erdogan discuss Syria after tension over US-led strikes

    Apr 18, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
  • Apr 16, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry: “Resistance forces” to punish Israel for Syria strikes

    Apr 16, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
  • Apr 16, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar

    Militant activity continues in Iran’s restive southeastern region

    Apr 16, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
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    Ahmad Majidyar

    Iran-backed Iraqi militia reportedly laid siege to US base in response to Syria strikes

    Apr 16, 2018
    Ahmad Majidyar
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