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Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s hard road

30 October 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsIran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia

Arab Digest · Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's Hard Road

What Next for the Middle East Strategic Alliance?

29 October 202029 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Regardless of who is elected president, Washington may choose to let lapse a struggling U.S. initiative aimed at achieving greater security cooperation between MENA states.

Sudan jumps aboard the normalisation bandwagon

27 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan, UAE, USA

The fragility of Sudan’s efforts to achieve democracy have been exposed by the decision to normalise relations with Israel.

Biden and the Middle East

23 October 202027 October 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, Iran, Israel, JCPOA, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Arab Digest · Biden And The Middle East

Qatar plays a quiet and cautious foreign policy hand

20 October 202020 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Qatari foreign affairs, once hugely ambitious and assertive, are today much more modest but proving very effective in blunting the blockade put on it by its Gulf neighbours.

Holding the upper hand in Iraq

15 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, IS, USA

The Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah has declared a truce in Iraq until after the US presidential election as long as the Americans agree to get all their soldiers out.