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A general view shows the Djibouti port which is owned by DP World February 26, 2006. The Bush administration has come under fire for approving the sale of the nation's port operations to a state-owned Dubai company. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - GM1DSAUKGMAA

Gulf States

Red Sea Rivalries: The Gulf, the Horn, and the new geopolitics of the Red Sea

Thursday, August 8, 2019

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Up Front

GCC News Roundup: UAE oil tanker seized, Saudi Arabia releases Qatar national (July 1-31)

Monday, August 5, 2019

Russian servicemen sit in the cabins of S-400 missile air defence systems in Tverskaya Street before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva - RC1E849FD530

Order from Chaos

Why is Turkey betting on Russia?

Monday, July 15, 2019

IRANIAN CHILDREN PLAY SOCCER BY HUGE GRAFFITI SHOWING MULLAHS LEADING REVOLUTIONARY GUARD TO WAR AGAINST IRAQ. Iranian children play soccer by a huge grafitti showing mullahs leading the revolutionary guard to the war against Iraq in Tehran 6 June, 1990. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RP1DRICQVKAD

Order from Chaos

Four decades later, did the Iranian revolution fulfill its promises?

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Experts

Noha Aboueldahab

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Brookings Doha Center

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Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

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Tarik M. Yousef

Director - Brookings Doha Center

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Doha Center

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Research

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Iran

Swamped in a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, June 3, 2019

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (C) walks alongside Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (R) and other unidentified officials during the opening ceremony of the new Turkish embassy in Abdiazizi district of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - S1AETHUSPPAA

Turkey

Turkey and the new scramble for Africa: Ottoman designs or unfounded fears?

Sunday, May 19, 2019

(2ndL-R) Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, Aguila Saleh Issa, president of the eastern Libyan House of Representatives, and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj during an international conference on Libya at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC1D67A5ABE0

Libya

Analysis: Peace and justice in Libya’s transition

Noha Aboueldahab

May 6, 2019

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Blog Posts

A policeman stands guard as an Indonesian journalist holds a placard during a protest over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RC1787518E20

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: UN report calls for further investigation into Khashoggi murder (June 1-30)

Monday, July 1, 2019

A boy rides on a motorbike as he drives past Palestinian flags at Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Aziz Taher - RC1896B964D0

Order from Chaos

Trump’s economic proposal is an opportunity in disguise

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

A general view of a preparatory meeting for the GCC, Arab and Islamic summits in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Waleed Ali - RC15D2874700

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Qatar opens new metro line, Houthi drones strike Saudi oil facility (May 1-31)

Monday, June 3, 2019

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Op-Eds

Palestinian boy Ahmed Baker, 16, sells hot drinks on a mobile cart at the Seaport of Gaza City March 17, 2016. Baker, whose father is unemployed, earns around 20 Shekels ($5.1) a day and he is the sole breadwinner of his family. He hoped to be a doctor before quitting school. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem SEARCH "SALEM LABOUR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000364375

Middle East & North Africa

High unemployment rates among rural youth are destabilizing the Near East and North Africa region

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 8, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1FB743D560

Turkey

Turkey and Russia are bitter frenemies

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Gulf States

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

Omar H. Rahman, Noha Aboueldahab, Zach Vertin, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Nader Kabbani, Ranj Alaaldin, Galip Dalay, Adel Abdel Ghafar, and Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, June 3, 2019

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Events

Arab Spring 2.0? The shifting sands threatening MENA politics

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM AST

The role of revolutionary art in political expression and peace building

9:15 PM - Monday May 27, 2019 12:30 AM AST

An End to the “Endless War?” Prospects for Stability and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM AST

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