Monte Gaza and the New Silk Routes
Award-winning Middle East writer and multimedia journalist Iason Athanasiadis explores Donald Trump’s Gaza vision through the lens of 21st-century trade wars and the global race to control the world’s most strategic chokepoints.
India-Pakistan Strikes: 5 Essential Reads
The recent India-Pakistan conflict stems from border tensions, political rhetoric, militant attacks, and competing national interests in the Kashmir region.
How accurate is ‘Conclave’ in depicting the papal election process? Politifact fact-checked the movie
As the election of a new pope approaches, PolitiFact examines how Conclave’s fictional drama stacks up against Vatican reality.
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
In a political landscape long shaped by conflict, Erdoğan’s recent overtures to Kurdish political forces mark a striking shift.
Gaza and Trump’s “Preference” of Private Armies
Which little - known American military company is set to profit in the wake of Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave?
Israel – Iran: The Nuclear Factor
Dr. Doreen Horschig, a fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues at CSIS in Washington, D.C., analyses the current situation around the issue of nuclear power in the Middle East.
An Area that Changes Through the Barrel of a Gun
Dr. Marina Eleftheriadou, scientific advisor for the dossier "The Armories of the Middle East," analyzes the region's geopolitical significance, its complexities, and the ever-growing need for research and study.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. It doesn’t guarantee a peaceful end to a devastating war
While this is not the end of the story, this ceasefire does mark the start of a new chapter for Palestinians, particularly those in Gaza, and Israelis.
5 elections to watch in 2025
Only a fool or charlatan will pretend to predict the future, so it’s usually best to avoid election forecasting. So instead, The Conversation asked experts on five countries – Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines – to explain what is at stake as those nations go to the ballot.
What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did it evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?
