Economy

Maxim Savinykh

New Power Brokers of Global Politics? The Unexpected Role of the Gulf Monarchies in Ukraine War Negotiations

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

Maxim Savinykh

A Shaky “Grain Deal” and the Turkish Elections

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

Elsa Scholz

Captagon – Giving the region a diplomatic high?

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

Gabriele Guzzi

One Year In – The Effects of the Ukraine War on the MENA Region

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

Damian Berger

Harka – Is it Tunisia’s Season of the Migration to the North?

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