All Policy is Climate Policy

Spring 2023 / Q & A

Scholar and activist Jennie Stephens discusses the future of climate policy, emphasizing a “people-first” perspective and the need for larger societal structural transformation

Fortune and Hazard for Algeria

Fall 2022/Winter 2023 / Essays

War in Ukraine has brought new cash flow to Algiers, but the state must walk an ever-narrowing path to maintain its non-alignment

The Nuclear Pyramid of the Islamic Republic

October 20, 2022 / Essays

Iran has squandered billions on a nuclear program that has impoverished its people and hastened ecological disaster.

Urban-Rural Disconnect: COVID-19 and Sustainability

June 16, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.

The Geo-economic Fallout of COVID-19 for the Middle East

April 23, 2020 / Essays

The COVID-19 coronavirus will cause long-term consequences for the Middle East; a combination of chaos in oil markets and contraction of gross domestic product will present challenges for years to come.

Can Arab Cities Be Eco-Sustainable?

Spring 2020 / Essays

Separating fiction from reality, and corporate interests from true innovation in the new “eco-cities” of the Middle East.

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in COVID-19

April 17, 2020 / Essays

The nexus between water, energy, and food today is fragile—made all the more so by climate change, catastrophic weather events, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Water Rivalry on the Nile

April 14, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

In an effort to overcome competition over water resources, Nile Basin countries can collaborate in harvesting more rainfall and increase Nile flow to maximize benefit sharing to reach a win-win solution.

Myths about Food Security and Water

Winter 2020 / Essays

Will water be the cause of the next war in the Middle East? Is water important for regional food security? Can economic diversification really work? Time to bust the myths around questions of food and water security in the region

Thinking Arab Futures

Spring 2019 / Essays

Drivers, scenarios, and strategic choices for an improved Arab World

The Return of Geopolitics

Spring 2019 / Essays

In the post-Arab Spring Middle East, the forces of geopolitics and geo-economics are shaping the region and potentially point to a more cooperative future

Saudi, Inc.

Spring 2018 / Book Reviews

How Saudi Arabia’s national oil company transformed the desert kingdom.

Egypt Re-Energized: An Industry Report

Winter 2018 / Essays

As new discoveries of natural gas deposits are made in Egypt and an interest in renewable energy resources arises, this industry report forecasts good times ahead for the North African country.