In these lectures we will evaluate the present dynamics and the prospects of a return to a more optimistic outlook for a region that suffers not only from ethnic, religious, and tribal conflicts but also is threatened more that any other part of the world with the effects of climate change, regional underdevelopment, population displacement, […]

The current state of the major conflicts in the Middle East – An update on the status of the Syrian civil war, the Yemen civil war, the Israeli Palestinian conflict. In the Series: Mon. May 2: Introduction to the Modern Middle East Mon. May 9: Current State of Major Conflicts Mon. May 30: The Middle […]

The Middle East Union a dream or a reality? - The status and momentum gathering of the normalization of relations between Israel and many Arab nations. Why is it happening, why now and what it may mean for the prospects for the region? In the Series: Mon. May 2: Introduction to the Modern Middle East […]

The World and the Middle East – The present and future role of the world powers: China, the United States and Russia and how it may change as a result of the Russia invasion of Ukraine and the increased economic influence of China and the military retreat of the United States from the region. In […]