Yemen: Lessons from the Past and Opportunities for an Inclusive Peace Agreement
The United Nations Security Council endorsed the UN Secretary-General's call last month for warring parties in Yemen to immediately cease fighting and focus on reaching a peace agreement whilst counte...
1 Maj 20201h 23min
Algeria and the Hirak: What Next for the Country?
Join us online for this public webinar where we will be joined by Amel Boubekeur, Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. After the first presidential election since the removal ...
23 Apr 20201h 3min
Coronavirus: the coup de grace for Lebanon? (WEBINAR)
This is the first of our webinar series where we were joined by Jim Muir, veteran Middle East correspondent based in Beirut, where he began his career in the region in 1975. In this video linkup, he d...
30 Mars 20201h 7min
Egypt's Military Economy: A Spearhead for the Revival of State Capitalism?
Civilian state-owned enterprises in Egypt are in trouble, but military companies are being used to expand the state's stake in the economy. In this talk, Yezid Sayigh will explore the ramifications of...
5 Mars 20201h 28min
Crony Capitalism In The Middle East
This event launches Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics, from Liberalization to the Arab Spring edited by Ishac Diwan, Adeel Malik, and Izak Atiyas. The popular uprisings in 20...
11 Feb 20201h 27min
Palestine and the Politics of Decolonisation
Decolonisation is a commonly used term in today's cultural sphere. We regularly hear of the decolonisation of syllabi, of academic institutions, of literature, and of the arts. Yet, there is an ironic...
3 Feb 20201h 29min
The Assassination of Qasim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: National and Regional Consequences
This event will explore the fallout of the recent murders of Qasim Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the senior commander o...
28 Jan 20201h 20min
Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria (Book Launch)
This event is a launch for Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Sam Dagher's latest book Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria. In spring 2011, Syrian President...
22 Jan 20201h 21min
