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  • Robert Habeck, German minister for economic affairs and climate action (left), shakes hands with Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al Abdullah Al Thani, Qatari minister of commerce and industry at a meeting in March 2022
    Arabian Peninsula

    Dawn of a new era in the Gulf

    Political scientist Sebastian Sons describes in his new book how societies on the Arabian Peninsula are undergoing multiple changes simultaneously as they search for a new identity

  • Counterrevolution in the Arab world

    Authoritarianism, a forever scenario?

    Calls to normalise relations with the criminal Assad regime, which has killed and displaced millions of Syrians, marks a new phase, namely the victory of the counter-revolutionaries. The old-style Arab regime is back – more brutal and oppressive than ever, as Ali Anouzla explains

  • Arab League 2022

    Hopeless reunion in Algeria?

    After a two-year hiatus, the Arab League re-convened at the beginning of November in Algiers against a backdrop of uncertainty and discord. By Pierre Boussel

  • Narendra Modi's ruling BJP

    Middle East furore at Indian official's Prophet remarks

    Anger in the Middle East is spreading over comments made by an official of India's ruling BJP about the Prophet Muhammad, with various countries summoning New Delhi's envoy and a Kuwaiti supermarket removing Indian products

  • While the new Iran nucear deal was high on the agenda, other issues such as Israeli-Palestinian relations were also addressed in the summit.
    Arabs attend Negev summit

    Israel moves centre-stage in the Middle East

    A straightforward message emerged from last week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United States: Israel is key to the security of Gulf autocracies and continued U.S. engagement in the Middle East. By James M. Dorsey

  • Hamburg lawyer Eigen Balin of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps.
    Jewish Diplomatic Corps visits UAE

    "Our preconceptions are at odds with reality"

    Hamburg lawyer Eugen Balin is a member of the World Jewish Congress' Jewish Diplomatic Corps. At the end of 2021, a delegation of the Corps visited the United Arab Emirates, which established full diplomatic relations with Israel in the summer of 2020. Interview by Christoph Strack

  • The Syrian-Jordanian border crossing at Jaber-Nassib has re-opened.
    Assad's rehabilitation

    At the expense of the Syrian people

    A number of Arab League member states have announced in recent weeks that they intend resuming relations with the Syrian regime. A potential invitation to the Arab League summit in Algeria in March was even on the table, but the conference has since been postponed. By Bente Scheller

  • In Bahrain, the Shia majority is politically and socially disadvantaged
    The Gulf

    Bahrain – where human rights don’t count

    The catastrophic human rights situation in Bahrain is being largely ignored by the rest of the world. Despite all the damning evidence, which includes a Human Rights Watch report, the West is unlikely to apply any pressure on the regime due to geostrategic interests. By Diana Hodali

  • German Leopard tanks on display at a weapons trade fair in Abu Dhabi in 2017.
    Arab world

    Germany and the Middle East – a tale of morals and markets

    Germany's foreign policy is explicitly values-based. But what happens, Ralf Bosen asks, when democracy, the rule of law and human rights collide with the logic of trade and business?

  • In February, Bahrain became one of the first countries in the world to institute a vaccine passport.
    COVID-19 in the Middle East

    Arab countries face high coronavirus vaccine hesitancy

    The rollout of coronavirus vaccines in the Middle East and North Africa is already taking place on a massive scale, with the United Arab Emirates leading the way. Nevertheless, many people are in no rush to get the COVID-19 jab. Cathrin Schaer poses the all-important question: why?

  • China in the Middle East

    Beijing's new charm offensive

    The last week in March saw China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visit six countries in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. Two initiatives in particular are sending the clearest signal yet that China may be gearing up to play a greater political role in the Middle East. By James M. Dorsey

  • Reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar

    A turning point for the whole Middle East?

    Saudi Arabia and its allies have agreed to set aside their differences with Qatar at a summit meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The restoration of diplomatic relations could have strategic resonance far beyond the Gulf nations and change the entire region. By Karim El-Gawhary

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