A New Order? The Changing Balance of Power in the Middle East Pt. II
Part 2 : Russia’s Geopolitical Reckoning in the Middle East Russia’s historical engagement in the Middle East is entrenched in religious, cultural, and geopolit...
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A New Regime: The Middle East after Masoud Pezeshkian’s Election in Iran
On May 19, 2024, former Iranian president Ibraheem Raisi, among other comrades, died in an aircraft accident in Iran. Either he was killed in a natural accident...
The Dawn of the Third Intifada
Recent coverage of Israel and Palestine has focused on the new Netanyahu government’s efforts to weaken Israel’s supreme court, expand settlements in the West B...
Israel’s Campaign Against Palestinian Olive Trees
“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, their oil would become tears”– Mahmoud Darwish Olive Oil and Life Olive trees have been a key ...
Why did the Islamic Republic continue clandestine cooperation with Israel?
Abstract It is often believed that Iran’s Islamic Republic and the State of Israel became estranged after Ayatollah Khomeini arose to power during the Islamic R...
An Emerging Catastrophe: Implications of Climate Change on the MENA region
In recent years, the state of countries in the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region have painted a disturbing picture of the world ragged with em...
Soldiers of God: The Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Democracy
This piece was published in the Global Issue Print Edition (Volume 12) Abstract The Muslim Brotherhood has been a constant of Egyptian and Middle Eastern politi...
Revisiting France’s Burqa Ban Through a Psychoanalytic Lens
In 2011, France passed the infamous bill that prohibited face-covering in public places. It implied a ban on the niqab for Muslim women as well. The burqa ban w...
Mounting tensions in the Middle East Following U.S. Killing of High-ranking Iranian Military leader
Written by: Jamari O’Neal, Hampton University Qasseem Soleimani On Friday, January 3, 2020, missiles struck the Baghdad International Airport killing seve...
The Relevance of Nation-States to the Study of the Middle East
Written by Julie Geng Introduction The concept of the territorial state is not native to the Middle East, and most states have only gained independence in the l...