Publications

The Impact of the Iran-Saudi Arabia Deal on the Middle East: A New Wave of Regional Normalization?

On March 10, 2023, Iran and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in Beijing, which followed two years of negotiations in Baghdad, on the initiative of...

Language and Politics in the Mena Region

The Arabic language emerged centuries before Islam, and it developed and reached its maturity after the Quran was revealed in Arabic. In that sense,...

Understanding Economic Relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia

The Middle East region was redesigned in the aftermath of the First World War according to the balance and interests between the world powers of the...

An Uncertain Future: Egypt’s Quest for Stability and Repositioning in Foreign Policy

Relations between Egypt and Turkey have always progressed on a sustainable trajectory since the establishment of ties in 1925, despite ups and downs...

Political Economy of the Suez Canal and the “Ever Given Crisis”

Initially promoted to reduce distances between countries in terms of time and cost, canals have emerged over time as the main arteries of global...

Investments as Foreign Policy Instruments: The Cases of Saudi Arabia, The UAE and Qatar

The Gulf countries differ from other Middle Eastern countries with their high economic incomes and relatively low population.  Despite ...

Explaining the Omani National Counterterrorism Strategy

The Sultanate of Oman has been consistently able to maintain its stability of security and stay away from the claws of terrorism, increasing the...

The Symbolic Relationship between ‘Ulamā’ and ‘Umarā’in Contemporary Saudi Arabia

This research can be considered within the framework of legal and political anthropology and the study topic centres around the effects of an...