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The end of an era: Trump invites China to police the Gulf

Cargo ships sail in the Gulf off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which is the main base of the Islamic republic's navy and has a strategic position on the Strait of Hormuz, on April 29, 2019. - Eight countries were initially given six-month reprieves after the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran in November, following President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear accord. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said leaving the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is one

Israeli Elections and Minority Communities

palestinian man in front of israeli election posters

Is it too late to save Lebanon from financial collapse?

A demonstrator argues with riot police guarding the entrance of the Lebanese Central Bank during a protest by retired Lebanese army and security personnel as part of a preemptive strike against austerity measures in the 2019 draft state budget that might affect their retirement wages.

Mike Fleet

Mike Fleet

US negotiations with the Taliban: The cases for hope and skepticism

Sarah El Battouty

Sarah El Battouty

Pakistan on Kashmir: “They have colonized the territory”

A security personnel stands guard on a street during a lockdown in Srinagar on August 11, 2019, after the Indian government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy.

Does a brighter chapter await Sudan?

Sudanese people chant slogans and wave national flags as they celebrate after protest leaders struck a deal with the ruling generals on a new governing body, in the capital Khartoum's eastern district of Burri on July 5, 2019, - The deal, reached in the early hours of July 5 after two days of hard-won talks brokered by Ethiopian and African Union mediators, provides for the interim governing body to have a rotating presidency, as a compromise between the positions of the generals and the protesters. The blu

Lawrence Pintak

Lawrence Pintak

A shifting development paradigm for the Middle East and North Africa

A picture taken on December 12, 2017 shows an elevated view of al-Attaba district on the edge of downtown Cairo, Egypt.

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