Qatar has used its wealth to adopt policies sometimes rivaling Saudi Arabia’s. Think, for example, of the popular Al-Jazeera. Now the Saudis seem determined to limit Qatari influence as much as possible.
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar have butted heads before, but this time seems different.
The visit has wider implications for the entire Middle East.
Tehran is fostering a start-up industry as a possible motor to solve Iran’s unemployment crisis.
We asked an expert on diplomacy and foreign policy.
Without protection, Iran’s spectacular American- and Italian-designed mid-century structures will be reduced to dust, beams and concrete blocks.
Between an electorate hungry for change and a powerful hardline elite, Hassan Rouhani has his work cut out for him.
President is not the most important leadership role in Iran. The election is not completely democratic. That said, there’s a pretty competitive contest happening.
Handing over censorship to authors and writers themselves may actually make it harsher.
The election TV debates have shown the candidates to be out of touch.
Trump’s tough rhetoric is bad news for Iran’s moderates.
Rouhani’s conservative rivals are exploiting growing pessimism about the economy, increasing the odds that someone more hostile to the West might become Iran’s next president.
To understand the complexities of the conflict in Syria and what might happen next, it helps to untangle the three layers of strife in the war-torn country.
New research from a multidisciplinary teams of scholars suggests military alliances tie nations together in ways that are not always immediately obvious.
The latest in a series of meetings will see the two countries sign a number of agreements on political and economic matters.
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
Since the 1970s, several Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have strongly increased their influence in the Olympic movement.
The revised ban allows entry to citizens of Iraq, but continues to block citizens of six other Muslim majority nations.
This year will continue to be a period of great uncertainty in Saudi Arabia. After a deterioration of relations with the United States under President Obama, the kingdom will be focused on strengthening…
Russia has managed to regain, at least in part, its role as a powerful interlocutor in the Middle East, which it lost after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Portsmouth
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President, University of La Verne
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Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
