Managing Crises, the Least-Bad Option

Winter 2022 / Essays

Conflict management in the MENA region has little chance of succeeding as conflicts increasingly intersect and tensions driven by larger, regional triggers become even more unpredictable

A Climate Crisis in Africa: The Case of South Sudan

Fall 2021 / Essays

The African continent will be the most severely affected by climate change. Within Africa, the least developed and politically unstable nations like South Sudan are likely to be the hardest hit. What can be done, and who should be at the forefront of these changes?

Yemen’s Peace Process: A Path to Conflict?

Spring 2021 / Essays

The possibilities and risks of Yemen embracing peace and stability after a long period of internal civil war remain bleak.

The United Nations at 75: Multilateralism at a Crossroads

Fall 2020 /

If the UN survived the Cold War and a later unipolarity, shouldn’t it be thriving in a multipolar world?

Syria’s Prospects for Reconstruction Are Bleak

/ Essays

Hindered by an array of domestic and international obstacles and competing regime priorities, the Syrian government’s efforts to attract regional capital for investment and reconstruction will be insufficient.

The EU and the Med: Is Geography Still Destiny?

August 21, 2020 / Essays

Europe needs to find ways of reinvigorating its relations with MENA countries to bring stability in its southern neighborhood and Mediterranean region.

Beginning to Resolve Displacement

Spring 2020 / Essays

Addressing the issues of displaced persons starts not by envisioning an ending point for those no longer living in their homes, but instead by understanding the mobile nature of displacement and empowering those affected.

A Surplus of Deficits

Spring 2020 / Essays

From a political economy perspective, there are four key forces working against the peace and prosperity of Middle Eastern and North African states. To defeat them, robust institutions are essential.

The UAE’s Security-Economic Nexus in Yemen

July 27, 2018 / Tahrir Forum

The UAE’s growing investment in Yemen’s energy and security infrastructure is increasingly the driving force behind its counterterrorism involvement.

Mashhad’s Rebuke to Rouhani

January 31, 2018 / Tahrir Forum

Entrenched interests based beyond Tehran stand to gain politically from the Iran protests of late December and early January, leaving President Rouhani’s administration at a crossroads.