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    Tunisia, the Crossroads of Reform and Dictatorship

    Tunisia is the title of the cradle of the Arab Spring and the last democratic model among those countries, which succeeded in removing the army to some extent from the political equation and established a democratic parliamentary system in the post-Ben Ali era to some extent. This political system has...

    The American withdrawal from Afghanistan… The U.S. achieve its objectives

    History has events whose effects and repercussions vary between the time-limited fringe and spatially-limited fringe, on the one hand, and the spatially extended detail, on the other. Accordingly, we must place the recent American withdrawal from Afghanistan in the second category of events that are expected to have an...

    The Solid Alliance!… The balance of tenor and power between Syria and Iran

    When the Syrian war broke out in March 2011, Iran was almost the only country on which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could rely with great security and confidence. Iran has entered Syria based on critical and sensitive assessments of the demands and loathes of the war. The main title...

    Effects of the Istanbul Channel on Federal Russia

    The announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in April 2011 of his country's intention to move beyond legal and environmental concerns to drill a parallel channel to the Bosphorus Strait linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea in a manner similar to what was being done in...

    The reality of the Lebanese economy and prospects for the future

    On the threshold of celebrating the centenary of the establishment of the State of Greater Lebanon, Lebanon has become a society with a comprehensive economic collapse, characterized by poverty, unemployment, corruption and clientelism. Owing to poor economic conditions, the Lebanese emerged on 17 October in 2019 in a public...

    Right-wing extremism and the threat to international peace and security

    The rise of right-wing extremism and the emergence of its influence in the political landscape in many countries of the world, particularly in several European countries, these political and social phenomena received unprecedented attention over the last two decades, whether by Governments, international organizations, research centers, academic studies, civil...

    Iran’s election challenges and possible scenarios

    Over the next three weeks, Iran faces a major presidential election that will result in the appointment of a new president of the country, as incumbent President Hassan Rouhani has held office for two terms, he is unable to stand for election. This cycle of Iranian presidential elections can...

    The Renaissance Dam between Ethiopian Intransigence and Egyptian Resilience

    The Renaissance Dam is still one of the issues of great concern for Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia and the regional public opinion of the Nile Basin. In April 2021, the negotiations on reaching reasonable and acceptable solutions held in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa,...

    The New Orient…The postponed Iraqi-Jordanian-Egyptian trilateral summit in Baghdad.

    The Iraqi government sought a tripartite summit with Egypt and Jordan in Baghdad at the end of March, before it was postponed. The summit was to produce the AL-Mashreq Al-Jadeed (The New Orient) project, a new political-economic project in the region aimed at building bridges of cooperation among the...

    Pope Francis’ Once Again in the Arab World

    Iraqis are preparing to host His Holiness, Pope Francis, in an official visit on March 5th. This visit, which will last four days, comes as the World goes through the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many hope that this visit will support the region's stability and promote peace...