Middle East Unit
By: Shaimaa Abdul El Hameed Researcher in Middle Eastern affairs Unit Translated by : Layla Ahmed Researcher assistant in International affairs Unit Introduction: After months of intense speculation to know the next President of the United States, the identity of the new president has been determined, and it is the Republican Donald Trump, following his […]
Prepared by: Dina Ehab Research Assistant Middle East Affairs Unit Introduction: Donald Trump’s return to the White House after his victory in the U.S. presidential election on November 6, 2024, marks a critical juncture in Saudi-American relations, especially in the context of the complex regional and international circumstances that Middle East is currently facing. This […]
By: Dina Ehab Mahmoud Research Assistant in Middle East Affairs Unit Introduction In the aftermath of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, Israeli Prime Minister “Benjamin Netanyahu” declared on September 29th that this operation is part of a systematic Israeli plan aimed at altering the strategic reality in the Middle East.[1] This announcement was made amid […]
By: Radwa Al-Sharif Middle East Affairs Coordinator An article on the “Council on Foreign Relations” blog discusses the idea of a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation as an alternative to the two-state solution. Elliott Abrams, the author of the article,[1] argues that the “two-state solution” as a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is impractical and dangerous. Instead, he […]
By: Laila Ahmed Introduction: The rise of popular politics in the early 1930s culminated in the hegemony of the Left, which was the predominant power in Israeli politics from 1933 until 1977. David Ben Gurion was the main figurehead; he retired in 1963. The Left promoted a narrative that idealized the Left’s supremacy in nation- […]
By: Laila Ahmed Introduction: The ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine frequently serve as a kind of shorthand for international relations. Furthermore, the United States continues to be the dominating superpower in spite of threats from authoritarian power actors like China, Iran, and Russia, which means it must continue to engage in diplomatic relations. […]
Rabaa Wazeer Jordan is on schedule for the upcoming municipal elections, to be held on March 22, 2022. In preparation for the elections, it has become clear that there is an increasing activity among Jordanian tribes and clans in terms of making understandings and alliances with each other in exchange for being vacated by this […]
By: Omar Abdelhady For the past few years Egypt has been grappling with a multitude of complex economic issues that have had extremely adverse effects on its citizen’s welfare. From high inflation that reached in excess of 30%, youth unemployment that reached 25% and shortages in basic commodities such as rice and sugar. In addition, the […]
By: Omar Abd ELHADY Introduction: Since 2022, Egypt has found itself entangled in a complex economic web, facing a foreign exchange crisis that has evolved into a severe shortage of US dollars, exacerbating a concurrent government debt and inflation crisis. These crises are intricately interlinked, with the shortage of US dollars influencing the debt repayments […]