Since the Iranian "revolution" in 1979, presidential elections have held very little significance, as ultimate power lies with the Supreme Leader…

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged…

Following the Gaza war, Hamas won't be the same. When the guns finally fall silent, we could see a rehabilitated Hamas, a new Israel, and the…

Recent events in Riyadh demonstrated Saudi Arabia's growing soft power: the grand opening of the world’s largest Arabic opera in Riyadh, its hosting…

For now, Israel and Iran seem to have stopped bombing each other, with most Middle East analysts breathing a sigh of relief.Their recent and dramatic…

It was always going to come, and we were always going to learn things from it.In the end, Iran’s response to Israel’s bombing of the Iranian…

Israel’s targeted assassination of senior figures from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has left Tehran caught in a political bind.It has to…

The focus of our April issue probes the intricacies, complexities, possibilities, and opportunities of a defence agreement between Saudi Arabia and…

When Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam left for Paris in 2005, he took reams of papers, reports, notes, and files with him.Khaddam…

When Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam left for Paris in 2005, he took reams of papers, reports, notes, and files with him.A trusted…