by Maxim Savinykh For at least the past two decades, the dominant Arab monarchies of the Gulf, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the...

In the complex tapestry of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the recent meeting on the 24th of January between Turkey's President Recep Tayyip...

A month ago, the 28th annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) wrapped up in the...

On 7 October Hamas, also known as the “Islamic Resistance Movement”, started what they called “Operation al-Aqsa Flood”, which resulted...

I: Intractable Conflicts Fought with the Sword At the current moment the Armenian Crisis regarding Nagorno-Karabakh is in an extreme...

Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic prowess was on full display as it hosted a major international peace conference on the Russia-Ukraine war at...

Russian dissatisfaction Since the establishment of the “Grain Deal”, Russia often expressed skepticism and criticism regarding this...

From opium in Afghanistan, to cannabis in Morocco and heroin in Turkey, drug trafficking and use in the Middle East, North Africa and...

Exactly one year after Russia’s fatal invasion of Ukraine, the global geopolitical and economic landscape has changed perhaps...

Ali shivers from desperation. As an illegal petty petrol dealer, he sleeps on a construction site, lives from hand to mouth. Years of...

The last weekend has seen an extreme escalation of violence between Palestinian and Israeli factions. On Thursday, the 26th of January,...

With the start of the new year, Ishtar MENA Analytics is exited to introduce its new diplomatic blog series. Designed to provide...

On November 1st, Israel elected its 25th Knesset. After previous elections in April and September 2019, March 2020 and March 2021, it was...

General context Since the 1980s, the main concept of the Chinese foreign policy was Deng Xiaoping’s formula “hide your ambitions and...

On October 11, 2022, the final approval of the draft of the agreement between Lebanon and Israel was announced and its signing should be...

Al-Shabaab spokesmen Ali Mahmoud Raghe. Source: Mir-Ali Askerov On the evening of August 19, 2022, al-Shabaab militants attacked the...

“Global crude oil prices remained exceptionally strong in the second quarter of 2022, driven by low crude oil and refined product...

The Mogamma is no more. Famous to some, opprobrious to others, the Tahrir Complex with its thousands of offices has become a ghost. As of...

The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey met within the framework of the Astana format in Tehran on July 19. This arrangement was formed...

A ghost is roaming Moroccan social media these days – the ghost of Wa-Sal marketplace. Flamboyantly advertised as the new local challenge...