Smart diplomacy might for the time being be more effective levers for the UAE as a self-declared regional powerhouse [This article...

The growing divergence of interests between the two neighbours has created serious cracks in the thin veneer of their once-hailed...

Abu Dhabi remains a highly assertive player in the region, willing to use all levers of power to achieve its ends [This article...

With the state's implicit support, Twitter users are twisting, selecting and reframing facts to serve Israel's cause at the expense of...

As Western countries take a backseat, the UAE is gradually building a region that empowers Russia and China – much at the expense of...

Most analysts agree that constructive criticism of the labor rights situation in Qatar is a necessary by-product of the run-up to the...

Far from being constructive, calls for a boycott of the international sporting event risk stopping Doha's reform effort in its tracks...

The UAE's drawdown from its Assab military base in Eritrea comes as the new Biden administration is re-evaluating America's commitment to...

While Saudi Arabia seems reconciled, a clash of visions will continue across the Middle East and North Africa [originally published on...

The debate about the sale of the F-35 to the UAE has been highly politicizes in Washington – yet mostly for the wrong reasons. Looking at...

Abu Dhabi has capitalised on orientalist fears in the West to stigmatise "Islamism" as a catch-all phrase encompassing any form of...

Joe Biden is likely to follow a trajectory of path dependency in the Middle East, by leading from behind, delegating rather than...

This commentary was originally published with Sadeq Institute in Tripoli. [Link to the PDF] In June 2020 a UN Panel of Experts called out the extensive use of mercenaries by Russia, the UAE and Turkey in the already highly protracted and complex multipolar conflict in Libya - an issue the UN still views as an integral obstacle to building lasting peace in Libya. The estimate of the Russian mercenary contingent alone suggested that the Russian private military and security com

By Dr Andreas Krieg & Sebastien Boussois [originally published in French on Marianne https://www.marianne.net/agora/tribunes-libres/ces-g...

Dr Andreas Krieg, King’s College London and Anas El Gomati, Sadeq Institute, Tripoli (originally published on Defence-In-Depth) The 2020...

Debate about freedom of speech is meaningless as France tries to force Muslims to become 'more French'

While Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip might yield a temporary sense of security at home, the root causes of the Israeli-​Palestinian...