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To Counter Iran, Trump Must Rebuild a United Gulf
As international court hearings begin over Qatari allegations against the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) actions during the Gulf crisis, it is worth examining the catalysts of this event, along with potential alternatives for settling the dispute. Despite relatively good relations with all sides, the Trump administration has played an ambivalent
Jun 28, 2018
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Mohammed Soliman
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“Trump Triumphant”: The Middle East between Two Nuclear Deals
The June 12 image of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un signing an “agreement on denuclearization” in Singapore has provided Arab political discourse’s two competing narratives new tools to push their diametrically opposed characterizations of the future awaiting the Middle East. One view hails the meeting
Jun 25, 2018
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Hassan Mneimneh
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Iran, Israel, Syria, and the U.S.: Views From China
Next week, President Rouhani of Iran will visit China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the margins of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Two weeks ago, coincidentally, I spoke in Shanghai at a mid-sized meeting billed as “the first conference on Syria ever held in
Jun 6, 2018
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David Pollock
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U.S. Adherence to The Nuclear Gold Standard Would Push Saudi Arabia Toward Other Countries
Meetings between U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Saudi negotiators have begun paving the way for U.S. companies to sell nuclear technology to the kingdom. The Saudis are likely to reject any deal that does not give them the option of enriching uranium at a low level. So far
May 21, 2018
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Ahmed Al-Quiasy
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The Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia: From Then to Now
Many debates raged on Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood when King Salman bin Abdulaziz first came to power. Some say that Salman’s ascension represented a revolt against the Brotherhood, while others claimed that some aspects of Brotherhood thought remained influential in the country. In early 2015, the late
May 18, 2018
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Mohamed Mokhtar Qandil
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Cold War of the Sheikhs
Since the death of Kuwait’s first tyrant in 1915, Mubarak, Kuwait has been ruled by two of his sons Jaber and Salem and their descendants. The harmonious alternation between Jaber and Salem, branches of the ruling family stood until 2006 when Saad al-Abdullah ruled Kuwait for nine days and was
May 8, 2018
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Jarrah Dasman
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Jordan Between Regional Threats and Internal Pressures: The Economic Key
Jordan’s King Abdullah II came to power in February 1999 in the aftermath of King Hussein. For the past nineteen years of his rule, he has kept the kingdom stable, despite the hardships and challenges that the whole Middle East region is undergoing, ranging from radicalism to terrorism. He has
Apr 11, 2018
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Shehab Al-Makahleh
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Muhammad bin Salman Deserves Support — “Whether He is Right or Wrong”
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS) might benefit from a reassessment of some of his bold policies, notably in external affairs: whether in Yemen, where a preemptive action has stalled into a war of attrition to the detriment of the Yemeni population; or in Qatar, where a boycott intended
Mar 27, 2018
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Hassan Mneimneh
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Arab Media on Bolton, Pompeo, North Korea
Initial Arab media reaction was mixed after the March 22 announcement that John Bolton would soon replace H. R. McMaster as President Donald Trump's top national security adviser. In the current polarized Arab media discourse, the latest spin tended to follow different national predilections. For example, Saudi Arabia's Al-Arabiya website
Mar 23, 2018
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Mohamed Abdelaziz
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The Western Media Misguided Narrative about Al Jazeera
On June 5, 2017, yet another dangerous crisis broke out in the Middle East: The Arab Quartet, whose members are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt, decided to cut diplomatic ties with neighboring state Qatar. The response of American and Western media to the affair has been
Mar 22, 2018
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Emad Elhady
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Fikra Forum's Top 104 Articles of 2017
1- How Should the New U.S. President Play the "Kurdish Card" in the Middle East? Frzand Sherko - January 10, 2017 Kurdish researcher Frzand Sherko argues that while the next U.S. administration may no longer want to play a direct role in the Middle East, they can still leverage the
Mar 13, 2018
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The United Arab Emirates: Turkey’s New Rival
With tensions between Turkey and the UAE on the rise, regional conflicts, from Libya to Syria, are now being influenced by the rivalry.
Feb 16, 2018
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Youssef Sheiko
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The Source of Fake News in the Middle East
The concept of “fake news” has gained traction in the United States because of politically motivated conspiracy theories. In the Middle East, politics has always involved a discussion of conspiracies. Some satellite news channels detail Qatar’s alleged network of secret agents and illicit funding aimed at overthrowing Arab governments, while
Feb 2, 2018
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Connor Kopchick
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Iran Protests: Mild Arab Official Reactions, Strong Public Ire at Iran
January 5, 2018 As street protests persist against the regime in Iran, Arab official reaction so far has been surprisingly restrained. Typically, a prominent op-ed this week by Abdul Rahman al-Rashed in the flagship Saudi media website, Al-Arabiya, urged not regime change but merely policy changes in Tehran. This reticence
Jan 5, 2018
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David Pollock
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Oil and the Constitution: Kurdistan vs. Baghdad
January 03, 2018 There is an argument that natural resource abundance is associated with slow growth, greater inequality, and poverty for a majority of a country’s population. Therefore, natural resource wealth has a two-way path: it can lead to economic growth and development, or it can drop the country into
Jan 3, 2018
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The Tunisian Revolution and Its Youth: The Democratic Deficit
November 27, 2017 Tunisia is rightfully proud of what it has accomplished, for it was Tunisia that triggered the most important wave of far-reaching political transformation in the Arab world since the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Despite the movement’s trajectory in the region and its evolution into bloody struggles that have destroyed
Nov 27, 2017
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Elyes Ezzine
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Sunnis and Shia in Bahrain: New Survey Shows Both Conflict and Consensus
Though political tensions exist between Bahrain’s Sunni elite and its Shia majority, polling suggests that public opinion on several key foreign policy issues is quite close between these two groups.
Nov 20, 2017
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David Pollock
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Saudi Arabia May Have Just Gifted Lebanon to Iran
November 20, 2017 By now, there can be no reasonable doubt that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was detained in Saudi Arabia, and that he was forced to submit his resignation through a televised statement on a Saudi-funded network. Irrespective of where the new Saudi leadership intended this action to
Nov 20, 2017
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Hassan Mneimneh
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Can We Trust the Qatari Courts to Try Al Jazeera?
“The Qatari courts cannot be trusted,” testified Dr. Najeeb al Nauimi, the former justice minister of Qatar, in a written affidavit to benefit Mohamed Fahmy. Fahmy, a former Al Jazeera English reporter, filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against his former employer in a Canadian court in May 2015. Lawyers representing Al
Oct 19, 2017
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Muhamed Sabry
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UAE Public Overwhelmingly Backs Tough Line On Iran – But Not On Qatar or Muslim Brotherhood
October 12, 2017 As President Trump unveils his revised U.S. strategy to contain Iran, surveys reveal that key Arab publics in the region share his antipathy toward Tehran. Previously reported polls from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and even Qatar, sometimes depicted as pro-Iranian, demonstrated solid majorities in each country with unfavorable
Oct 12, 2017
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David Pollock
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