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China Brokered Iran Saudi Agreement: Motives and Prospects
Mar 16, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Following secret five-day negotiations in Beijing between the two countries’ national security advisors, Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to res…
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Azmi Bishara Gives the Opening Keynote of the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference
Mar 13, 2023
Bishara began his lecture by discussing the concept of “political culture” within the civic culture project of Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, where it is def…
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What’s Next for Tunisia as Opposition to Saied Grows?
Feb 12, 2023Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
Tunisia’s anti-government protest movements have expanded in recent weeks as the country’s cost-of-living crisis deepens and opposition to President Kais Saied…
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The Tunisian Parliamentary Elections: Adding Fuel to the Fire?
Dec 22, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 17 December 2022, the first parliamentary elections were held in Tunisia since President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab seeking to overturn the 2014 constitut…
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Where Dance Fights with the Devil
Dec 5, 2022Mohammad Hossein Badamchi
Iran is currently experiencing one of the largest anti-government protests since 2009. The protests were ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old wom…
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Israeli Knesset Elections: The Rise of the Religious Right
Nov 8, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
For the fifth time in four years, Israeli voters headed to the polls on 1 November 2022, for the twenty-fifth Knesset election since the founding of Israel. Ba…
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US-Saudi Relations in Turmoil after the OPEC+ Decision to Reduce Oil Production
Nov 2, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The OPEC+ decision to reduce oil production by 2 million barrels daily, starting from November 2022, ignited tensions between long-standing allies, the US and …
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Türkiye and the Debate on Neutrality in the Ukraine War
Oct 17, 2022Emad Y. Kaddorah
Turkish policy on the Ukraine war has been held under scrutiny from the outset. Western media has accused Ankara of pursuing a policy of neutrality rather than…
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“Women, Life, Freedom”: Protesting the Islamic Republic
Oct 4, 2022Mehran Kamrava
The killing in Iran of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, at the hands of the so-called Morality Police (Gasht-e Ershad), has engulfed the country in nationwide…
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Understanding Revolutions – Opening Acts in Tunisia by Azmi Bishara
Sep 21, 2022Mouldi Lahmar
The first decade since the onset "Arab Spring" has occasioned tens of thousands of articles, books and studies; thousands of academic seminars and conferences;…
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The Turkish Rapprochement with the Syrian regime: Motives and Prospects
Sep 18, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Statements from Turkish officials have indicated increasing steps towards rapprochement with the Syrian regime. At a meeting of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara o…
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An Assassination Attempt Revives an Old Discussion
Sep 13, 2022Azmi Bishara
The assassination attempt on novelist Salman Rushdie as he lectured at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday, August 12, 2022 in Chautauqua, New York, has reson…
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Clashes in the Libyan capital: Context and Likely Repercussions
Sep 5, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Violent armed clashes erupted in the Libyan capital and its surroundings between forces loyal to the Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by Abdul Hamid D…
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The India-Israel-US-UAE Alliance (I2-U2): Background and Objectives
Jul 19, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
US President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting with the leaders of a new economic group known as I2-U2, which includes India, Israel and the UAE, as well as the…
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Iran’s Ties with China: Synergising Geoconomic Strategies
Jul 7, 2022Deepika Saraswat
Iran has approached China’s rise and the ongoing systemic shift in the global political economy from Euro-Atlantic towards Asia with optimism. While it celebra…
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The European Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Jun 29, 2022Ahmed Qasem Hussein
European-Russian relations reflect a close interweaving of interests. No analysis of European security is complete without a close look at Russia’s role and in…
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Biden’s Middle East Tour: Motives and Strategic Calculations
Jun 23, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The White House announced that President Biden will embark on a regional tour of the Middle East from 13-16 July 2022, including Israel and the Occupied Palest…
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A Survey of Lebanese Voters ahead of National Elections
May 1, 2022Charles Harb
Lebanon is gearing towards national parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15, 2022. This is the first national election since the 2019 uprising and subseq…
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The Vienna Negotiations and the Elusive Return of the Iranian Nuclear Deal
May 1, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Despite the passage of more than a year since the launch of the Vienna negotiations to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly kno…
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Transfer of Power in Yemen to a Presidential Council: Political Context and Implications
Apr 25, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Intra-Yemeni consultations ended with President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi announcing the formation of a presidential council, to which he will transfer his and Vic…

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