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Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics

Khodr Al Agha 30 November 2025
UN special representative Volker Perthes addresses the media in Khartoum on 10 January 2022 to announce that the United Nations will launch talks to help Sudan. A year later, the country descended into civil war. Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images

Volker Perthes: fragmentation and stalemate awaits Sudan

In a wide-ranging interview, the German scholar and former UN envoy offers a sobering assessment of the conflict's trajectory.

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 July 2025
An unprecedented GCC-Central Asia summit last month in Jeddah was the first in three decades and a sign that Gulf states are taking notice of the region's strategic significance. SPA

Jeddah summit signals growing GCC interest in Central Asia

A GCC-Central Asia summit last month was the first in three decades and a sign that Gulf states are taking notice of the region's strategic significance

Vicken Cheterian 05 August 2023
Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it Rob Carter

A look at Turkey's geopolitics through the lens of the war in Ukraine

Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it.

Mitat Çelikpala 08 July 2023
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China's silk road to the Middle East runs through Riyadh

China says its engagement in the Middle East is strictly economic and has no intention of filling political vacuums left by the West. However, Bejing's assurances haven't eased their worries.

Mohamed Sharki 18 June 2023
South China Sea. Credit: Reuters.

Is Increasing Presence of China Positive?

It is “the biggest geopolitics test of the 21st century”, as Biden called it. This relationship of conflict and mistrust between America and China has significant implications for the world and…

Saif Al Abri 20 November 2021
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