Middle East
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Europe Shouldn’t Rely on Algeria for Its Energy Needs
For a country that is not overly salient in mainstream Western media, Algeria has drawn the attention of the United…
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Netanyahu signs Israel coalition deal with anti-LGBT Noam party
It is the latest development set to give far-right parties unprecedented power within Israel’s ruling coalition. Tom Bateman BBC Avi…
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The strategy of the ‘Blue Homeland’
The issue of delimiting the continental shelf was first raised in November of that year. Angelos Syrigos ekathimerini In 1974…
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The Libyan EEZ challenge
(November 23, 2022 / Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security) Israel’s recent rapprochement with Turkey need not preclude Jerusalem taking a…
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From immunity to impunity: the lawsuit against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
For a country that has made human rights the glossy cover of its foreign policy rhetoric, this was not a…
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Turkey Pushes Afghans Back at Iran Border
Surge in Deportations to Kabul Human Rights Watch On October 18, 2022, Human Rights Watch wrote to the Turkish authorities setting out…
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Iranian Women’s Demands for Freedom Must Be Heard
More than forty days since the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini–who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality…
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Is the Israeli-Lebanese Maritime Boundary Agreement Replicable?
But maritime disputes between Eastern Mediterranean states over access to these resources — and questions about the feasibility of several…
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Israel–Lebanon Maritime Boundary Agreement: An Assessment
Summary: The Lebanon–Israel maritime boundary agreement may bring security, stability, and mutual economic benefits. Abhay Kumar Singh and S. Samuel…
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Pakistan: Plunging into Chaos?
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Samina Ahmed explains the causes and possible consequences of the country’s latest political tumult.…
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If Sweden won’t stand up to Turkey, the US should
The librarian looks at his list and then responds apologetically, “I’m sorry. Michael Rubin Washington Examiner We don’t have these…
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Turkey Using Chemical Weapons Against the Kurds?
“I have examined the images and obviously, one of the toxic gasses, poisonous gasses, chemical gasses that directly affect the…
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Turkish government criticized for creating new Alevi cultural agency
In a controversial pre-election move directed at Turkey’s Alevi population, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has established a new public agency to coordinate…
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Israel’s Winning Coalition: Culmination of a Long Rightward Shift
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Mairav Zonszein and USMEP’s Daniel Levy analyse the results and their likely implications for…
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Lost in the sand: Christian monastery ‘pre-dating Islam’ found in UAE
Siniyah Island, UAE: An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian…
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Iran: hijab protests reflect society-wide anger at regime which trashes rule of law and human rights
But our understanding of these protests should not be narrowly restricted to the rights of women. Saeed Bagheri The Conversation…
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