Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
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Yemen’s brutal civil war has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. But a recent Beijing-brokered rapprochement between two regional powers could unlock a path to peace.
US dominance over the international oil system has influenced the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.
The Trump administration may believe they have the key to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement – when others have failed. But it ignores how Israelis and Palestinians feel about such an agreement.
With Iran and India on manoeuvres and the war in Yemen still unfolding, Pakistan’s stakes in the Middle East are as high as ever.
A kingdom under pressure is fomenting crisis elsewhere.
As a crackdown on Qatar goes off half-cocked, the world is worrying Saudi Arabia’s new order could be even more dangerous.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE led a group of countries that have severed all ties to fellow American ally Qatar over its foreign policy. The US will play a key role in whether it accedes to their demands.
The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the Horn of Africa.
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political and Historical Ethnography, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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PhD Candidate, Lancaster University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Ph.D. Student of Political Science, Colorado State University
