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The Bab el-Mandeb Strait: Regional and great power rivalries on the shores of the Red Sea

People hold Chinese and Djiboutian national flags as they wait for the arrival of Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guellehas before the launching ceremony of new 1000-unit housing contruction project in Djibouti, on July 4, 2018. - The new 1000-unit construction project by the Ismail Omar Guelleh Foundation for Housing is financially supported by China Merchant, the operation parther of newly inaugurated Djibouti International Free Trade Zone (DITTZ) with Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, to build ba

US-Iran escalation and its implications for the South Caucasus

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) meets President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) during his official visit in Baku, Azerbaijan on March 28, 2018.

Precarious Workers and Neoliberal Narratives in Post-revolutionary Iran: Top-down Strategies and Bottom-up Responses

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Sustainable development: An unavoidable path for Egypt’s future

A picture taken on December 12, 2017 shows an elevated view of al-Attaba district on the edge of downtown Cairo, Egypt. Egypt is the most populated coutry in the Arab world with some 96 million inhabitants and the numbers are rising by 1.6 million every year.

The day after Soleimani: Israel contemplates “success leveraging”

A file photo dated September 18, 2016 shows Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani during Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's meeting with Revolutionary Guards, in Tehran, Iran.

The real cost of US-Iran escalation in Iraq

Iraqi Anti-government demonstrators protest in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad, on January 10, 2020.

Trump’s “peace plan” aims to bury the two-state solution

A picture taken on January 27, 2020 shows Israel's controversial concrete barrier (C) separating the Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov (foreground) in the northern part of east Jerusalem and the Palestinian area of al-Ram (background) in the occupied West Bank.

Iraq: Sadr withdraws support for protests in a political power play

Thousands of Iraqis demonstrate in the heart of Baghdad on January 24, 2020 to demand the ouster of US troops from the country.

Trump’s “deal of the century” generates plenty of debate in Israel

Retired Israeli General Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, gives a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2020.

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