Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond
Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year.
That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during...
Brussels - On Thursday (Octobre 16, 2025), the European Commission and the High Representative set out a new ambitious strategy to strengthen EU relations with its Southern Mediterranean partners. Building on our historical...
Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University - The Middle East has long been riddled by instability. This makes getting a sense of the broader, long-term trends in the aftermath of the Gaza war particularly challenging.
The significance of Trump’s 20-point peace deal that has (hopefully) brought an end to the Gaza war cannot be overstated.
However, this deal – and what comes next – will not change the Middle East. Rather, the wars of the past two years merely consolidated trends that were already under way. They didn’t serve as a radical break from the past.
The impact of October 7 on the region
Before October 2023, Israel’s place in the region seemed to...
Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond
Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year.
That extraordinary figure represents...
Simon Mabon, Lancaster University - Mohammed bin Salman wants to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham accords, the network of agreements to normalise relations between Israel with other countries in the Middle East...
Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University, and Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; United Nations University
Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but...
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