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Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Iran

Interview: New U.S. sanctions fuel protests and economic mayhem in Iran (Part 2)

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement after signing it in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Iran

Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and its nefarious consequences

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Soldiers stand guard under the pictures of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic (R), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2011.

Iran

Interview: New U.S. sanctions fuel protests and economic mayhem in Iran (Part 1)

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Friday, July 13, 2018

Majdooleen, who is among the first Saudi women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, drives her mother to work in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia’s driving ban ends, Yemen’s warring parties agree to resume negotiations (June 1 – June 30)

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Research

Young entrepreneurs work at the Amman-based Oasis 500, a seed investment firm which finances start-up firms in the region's information technology sector, November 2, 2011. Across the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Spring uprisings have hurt many businessmen. Economies have slowed sharply as political uncertainty deters investment, new governments focus on trying to restore social stability instead of reforming economic policy, and labour unrest disrupts production and drives up costs. Oasis 500's Executive Chairman Usama Fayyad said governments had become more careful about appearing even-handed towards companies, even in countries that have been relatively untouched by the Arab Spring. In the long term, though, a cleaner, fairer business environment could, even more than other economic reforms such as deregulation and fiscal policy changes, help to solve one of the Arab world's biggest problems: job creation. A more level playing field could spur the growth of similar small and medium-sized firms. Picture taken November 2, 2011. To match Mideast Money ARAB-BUSINESS/SPRING REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) -

Middle East & North Africa

Marginalized youth: Toward an inclusive Jordan

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Syria

Writing atrocities: Syrian civil society and transitional justice

Noha Aboueldahab

Monday, May 7, 2018

Flames emerge from flare stacks at the oil fields in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Middle East & North Africa

Resource regionalism in the Middle East and North Africa: Rich lands, neglected people

Robin Mills and Fatema Alhashemi

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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Blog Posts

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Bahrain’s FM doesn’t see end to GCC crisis, Saudi Arabia arrests women’s rights activists (May 1 – May 31)

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Employees of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission check electronic counting device at a warehouse in Dohuk, Iraq May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - RC1B40CD3970

Order from Chaos

What Iraq’s election results mean for U.S. policy there

Friday, May 18, 2018

An Iraqi woman arrives to cast her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in the Sadr city district of Baghdad, Iraq May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18D4CCE020

Order from Chaos

What Iraq’s election means for its Shiite militias

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

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Op-Eds

Swiss President Alain Berset and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani look on as Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and research and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sign documents during an official visit in Bern, Switzerland, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Iran

The end of the Iran deal spells the end of Iranian moderates

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Bahrain's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahad bin Mahmood, Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pose for a family photo during the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC1E38F639D0

Gulf States

What Brookings experts are saying about the one-year anniversary of the Gulf crisis

Tarik M. Yousef, Nader Kabbani, Noha Aboueldahab, Larbi Sadiki, Ranj Alaaldin, Galip Dalay, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, and Adel Abdel Ghafar

Monday, June 4, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018. Cem Oksuz/Pool via Reuters -

Iran

Turkey in the Middle East’s new battle lines

Sunday, May 20, 2018

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Events

Media Freedom in the Middle East: Part II

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

What’s next for Yemen’s tragic war?

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Media freedom in the Middle East: Part I

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM AST

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