Brookings Doha Center

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh inspects the honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Great power rivalry in the Red Sea

June 2020

UN envoy Martin Griffiths leaves after a news conference on Yemen talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A renewed call for indigenous-led conflict resolution in the Arab states

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo - RTX2RCC8

The Islamic Republic of Iran four decades on: The 2017/18 protests amid a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, April 27, 2020

Army officers patrol streets following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Casablanca, Morocco March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

COVID in the Maghreb: Responses and impacts

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, wave during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Expanding Sino–Maghreb Relations Morocco and Tunisia

Yahia H. Zoubir

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan April 8, 2015. Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - GF10000052482

Red Sea geopolitics: Six plotlines to watch

Sunday, December 15, 2019

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Arab League's secretary general, attend a news conference during a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1A493D83D0

Mapping European leverage in the MENA region: Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar

December, 2019

Spanish civil guards are seen during an operation in which they arrested two people accused of connections with Islamic militants, in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jesus Moron - RC1F0ED06740

Mapping European Leverage in the MENA region: Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

December 2019

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks during a cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian government, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC18BBEC7170

From confusion to clarity: Three pillars for revitalizing the Palestinian national movement

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Rise and Fall

The rise and the future of militias in the MENA region

Monday, December 2, 2019