What Does Russia Want From Syria?
In 2011, Middle Eastern autocracies fell like dominoes and it seemed that Syria would quickly follow behind Egypt and Libya, and that Bashar al Assad would follow Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi.
The African Anthropocene: The Making of a Western Environmental Crisis
n Thursday 25 July, two boats carrying more than 300 African migrants capsized off the Libyan coast.
Turkey is Essential for the Success of Any Project in the Eastern Mediterranean
Despite a regional agenda, it was also noted that five of the major players in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was not present in the meeting.
The UAE’s Strategic Redeployment in Yemen
The UAE has been increasingly involved in conflicts in the region, including Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen.
US Finally Appoints Envoy to Turkey: Can Satterfield Repair the Relationship?
Since 2014, he has served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya and in 2017, he was appointed as Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Is a Common Currency Backed by the Gold Standard Achievable?
Likewise, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya also presented a similar notion where he proposed a common gold-standard policy for Islamic North Africa, and Africa.
Is Drowning Immigrants the EU’s New Strategy?
02m USD) from Spain for rescuing immigrants stranded off the coast of war-torn Libya.
Peace to Prosperity or Peace for Jared Kushner?
Algeria, Libya, Somalia, Oman and Kuwait did not clearly state their position on the meeting, but they were reluctant to providing public support.
A Revolution Undone: What’s Next for Sudan’s Uprising?
Since the start of the Arab revolutions in 2011, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have worked hard for the failure of the revolutionary process and have been directly involved in political processes in Egypt, Yemen and Libya.
Past and Present of the Saudi Arabia-Israel Alliance
This movement’s potential to change the political structures of significant actors in the region, such as Tunisia, Jordan, Syria, Libya and Yemen, led to some disparities in regional politics.
Iran Sanctions: A Year On
The amount of crude oil imported from Libya, the U.
Moroccan Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
Morocco’s decades-old alliance with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is going through many bumps, which led to a re-evaluation of its strategic posture vis-à-vis many conflicts, such as in Yemen and Libya.
Middle East Politics on the Brink of Collapse
While the revolutionary uprisings that started in Tunisia and then spread to Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen shook the political structures in these countries, they also forced regional forces to implement a new Middle East strategy.
An Iron Curtain on the Eastern Mediterranean: Will the US Isolate Turkey?
This in turn means that the cost-increasing effects of Turkey's capabilities are the weak point of the United States' three-legged anti-Russia new cold war strategy that relies on the Gulf-Europe-Eastern Mediterranean (Greece-Egypt-Libya-GCASC-Israel) trilateral cooperation.
Turkey’s Energy Fight in the Eastern Mediterranean
But the absence of Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Lebanon and Libya despite being among the leading actors of the region shows that the forum is not an inclusive cooperation initiative.
Is Israel Knocking on the Doors of Gehenna?
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2010, the civil wars that erupted in Syria, Yemen, and Libya, together with the tensions in Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, and Palestine, are all signs of an on-going covert war in the region.
Sudan and the Nile Spring: Raptures of Hope and the Uncertain Road Ahead
The road ahead is uncertain and Sudan has to collectively take careful steps – a Libya or Syria scenario has to be avoided at all costs.
Christian Zionists, Zionists and Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East: A Bermuda Triangle?
The UAE-Saudi-led coalition has been suppressing the democratization process of the Arab world – first in Egypt, then in countries like Yemen, Libya, Algeria – and supporting authoritarian regimes to resume after the toppling of half a century old despotic rulers.
Jordan: Silent Brother in Gulf Politics
Third, the Sunni Muslim states that support the Muslim Brotherhood and which embraced the political openings of 2011—Qatar and Turkey—form a camp that also includes Tunisia and Libya’s internationally-recognized government.
People Power? Fall of Al-Bashir and the Future of Sudan
It can be argued that the motivations of protestors that led the toppling of the Al-Bashir government were similar to that of the masses during the Arab revolution protests that began in December 2010 in Tunisia, and which followed in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Yemen.
