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GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic Concerns and Regional Implications
Oct 9, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
The positions of the GCC countries toward Israel's war on Lebanon are appear divided. All share a deep concern about escalation and its potential impact on the…
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A Fragile but Enduring Truce in Yemen
Aug 27, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On April 1, 2022, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced a two-month truce between the country’s warring parties. This truce was extended twi…
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Saudi-Iranian Reconciliation: Limits and Opportunities
Jul 16, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The most important factor driving Iran’s pursuit of reconciliation with the kingdom was the Islamic Republic’s difficult economic situation, made worse by Amer…
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Determinants of Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Gaza War
May 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Following Hamas’s “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, Saudi Arabia publicly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza and blamed it for escalating tensions, desp…
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What Provoked Israel’s Limited Response to Iran’s Attack?
Apr 29, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
At dawn on 14 April, 2024, Iran launched its first ever direct attack from its own territory against Israel, involving some 120 ballistic missiles, 36 cruise m…
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Negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis to End the War in Yemen
Apr 30, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The Houthis have been conducting negotiations with a Saudi delegation headed by the Saudi ambassador to the internationally recognized Yemeni government, Moham…
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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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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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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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“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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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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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 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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The Negev Meeting: Did Israel Fail to Meet its Objectives?
Apr 4, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The foreign ministers of Israel, the US, Egypt, Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain held a meeting at Sde Boker Kibbutz in the Negev on 27-28 March 2021. The Minister…
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Emirati Normalization with the Syrian Regime: Motives and Implications
Nov 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 9 November, the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, paid a visit to Damascus, the first in ten years, during which he met the head of the Syrian regim…
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Repercussions of the Taliban’s Return to Rule Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
With the fall of the Afghan capital of Kabul on 15 August, the Taliban has returned to rule the country twenty years after being ousted by United States in Nov…
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Al-Ula GCC Summit Ends the Blockade of Qatar
Jan 7, 2021ACRPS Unit for Political Studies
Three and a half years after the crisis that struck the core of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the 41st GCC summit, held on January 5, 2021 in the Saudi Arabian…
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Iraq’s Al-Kazemi Government: Real Change or a Temporary Settlement?
May 20, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The formation of the new government in Iraq may represent a window of opportunity for gradual political change that is less costly than toppling the entire reg…

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