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Geopolitics & Global Security

The Mecca Defence Alliance’s First Real Test

Policy Brief
by Francesco Salesio Schiavi
23 September 2026
Energy Transition & Economic Development

The Search for Redundancy: Can Energy Producers Build Their Way Around the Strait of Hormuz?

Commentary
by Jessica Obeid
24 August 2026
Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG Hub hit by Iranian missiles, March 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

Strategic Vulnerability: Assessing the Relationship between Iran and the Arab Gulf States

Commentary
by Ali Ahmadi
17 August 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The EU Ceuta Trap: The Crisis No One Orchestrated

Policy Brief
by Andrea Cellino
05 August 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

Memorandum of Misunderstanding: Why the US-Iran Deal Collapsed

Commentary
by Paul Fritch
27 July 2026
Military navy russian ships and cruiser Moskva, 25 April, 2025.
Geopolitics & Global Security

Russia’s Mediterranean Squadron: Gone from the Water, Not from the Game

Policy Brief
by Francesco Salesio Schiavi
22 July 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

All Quiet on the Eastern Front: A Post Mortem on the Xi-Trump Visit

Expert Talk
by Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS)
21 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The View from Washington: Iran Tilts the Strategic Balance Toward China

Policy Brief
by Paul Fritch
13 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The View from Beijing: Stability Without Transformation

Policy Brief
by Chuchu Zhang
13 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The View from Moscow: Putin Carefully Observes the Trump-Xi Summit

Policy Brief
by Igor Delanoe
12 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The View from Tehran: The Iran War Shifts US-China Trade Talks

Policy Brief
by Ali Ahmadi
12 May 2026
An MQ-9 Reaper sits along the flight line during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, USA, 17 November 2020.
AI & Digital Technologies

The New Drone Race: How Gulf States Prepare for Next-Generation Airpower

Policy Brief
by Francesco Salesio Schiavi
05 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

Dissecting the Anatomy of Tehran’s Toll Booth: The Hidden Geoeconomic Risk of the Iran War

Commentary
by Ali Ahmadi
03 May 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

America’s Institutional Deficit and the War in Iran

Commentary
by Paul Fritch
18 April 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

The View from Muscat: Oman’s Quest for Neutrality amid War in the Middle East

Policy Brief
by Corina Lozovan
05 April 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

War of Improvisation

Commentary
by Paul Fritch
07 March 2026
Geopolitics & Global Security

A War of Choice: What to Expect from the U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran?

Commentary
by Bijan Khajehpour
03 March 2026
Energy Transition & Economic Development

The Palestinian Currency: Between Symbolic Sovereignty and Economic Independence

Commentary
by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi & Myrna Souleiman
19 January 2026
AI & Digital Technologies

Global AI Leadership at Stake: Why the Gulf Market Matters to the World’s Top Players

Long-read
by Tina Wu
02 October 2025
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa in June 2025 (photo by Emirati Times).
Geopolitics & Global Security

Looking East: Canada’s Strategic Opportunity in the Gulf

Commentary
by Tina Wu
03 September 2025
President Trump and European leaders gather in the Oval Office on 18 August 2025.
Geopolitics & Global Security

What is Europe’s Role in the Ukrainian Negotiations?

Commentary
by Paul Fritch
29 August 2025
Pictures from the Knesset website of Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit), Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), and Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism)
Local & National Politics

Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, Smotrich: An Anatomy of the Israeli Government

Policy Brief
by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi
19 August 2025
Energy Transition & Economic Development

Syria’s Sanctions Relief: A Fragile Path to Recovery

Commentary
by Francesco Salesio Schiavi
17 June 2025
Energy Transition & Economic Development

Syria’s Comeback? How Businesses Can Lead in a Key Middle East Market

Commentary
by Victor J. Willi
07 June 2025
Podcasts

Trump's First Foreign Visit to the Middle East Unpacked

Expert Talk
by Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS)
25 May 2025
Six Principles of the Global Health Architecture in the Post-Aid Era
Public Health & Climate Sustainability

Six Principles of the Global Health Architecture in the Post-Aid Era

Policy Brief
by Khadra Abdullahi
19 May 2025
Geopolitics & Global Security

A Turning Point in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

Long-read
by Igor Delanoe
30 April 2025
Geopolitics & Global Security

African Union Summit 2025 Outlook: Rising Geopolitical Stakes in the Face of Multiplying Conflicts

Long-read
by Ueli Staeger & Hubert Kinkoh
11 February 2025
Geopolitics & Global Security

The Evolution of China-Middle East Relations within a Transforming Geoeconomic Landscape

Long-read
by Chuchu Zhang & Yuwen Du
10 February 2025
Energy Transition & Economic Development

Global Energy Outlook under the Trump Presidency

Policy Brief
by Jessica Obeid
06 February 2025
Geopolitics & Global Security

What’s Next for the World? The Strategic Outlook of the United States in the Trump Era

Policy Brief
by Paul Fritch
20 January 2025
Local & National Politics

Joseph Aoun and Nawaf Salam: A New President and Prime Minister for a New Lebanon

Stategic analysis
by Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS)
13 January 2025
Public Health & Climate Sustainability

Azerbaijan and COP29: Missed Opportunities, but also Promising Steps within the Health-Climate Nexus

Commentary
by Khadra Abdullahi
16 December 2024
Geopolitics & Global Security

The Unfinished Return: Geopolitical Implications of Russia’s Presence in Sudan, Africa and the Red Sea

Policy Brief
by Igor Delanoe
11 November 2024
Geopolitics & Global Security

How a Trump Presidency Will Shape Middle East and Global Politics

Stategic analysis
by Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS)
07 November 2024
Local & National Politics

Lessons from the Niger Coup: A Geopolitical Turning Point in the Sahel

Policy Brief
by Ulf Laessing
17 September 2024
Local & National Politics

Deals with corrupt Libyan leaders help them stay in power

Commentary
by Andrea Cellino
31 May 2024
Energy Transition & Economic Development

Promoting Win-Win Cooperation: Towards a Regional Impact Fund in the Middle East

Commentary
by Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS)
04 April 2024
Geopolitics & Global Security

Messages with Warheads: Unpacking the Logic Behind the Recent Attacks of Iran and its Proxies

Policy Brief
by Francesco Salesio Schiavi
01 February 2024
Geopolitics & Global Security

Regional and Global Dimensions of the War in Gaza

Commentary
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
28 December 2023
Local & National Politics

Between “Coopetition” and Resilience: Russia-Turkey Relations in the Context of the Ukraine War

Commentary
by Igor Delanoe
30 July 2023
Local & National Politics

After the Mutiny: Russia’s Wagner Group in North Africa and Why It (Still) Matters

Policy Brief
by Andrea Cellino
29 June 2023
Energy Transition & Economic Development

Can the IMF Really Influence Policy in Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon?

Policy Brief
by Molly Hickey
20 June 2023
Local & National Politics

Erdoğan’s Victory: More of the Same in Store for Turkey

Commentary
by Andrew Hammond
02 June 2023
Geopolitics & Global Security

EU migration Policy: Time for a Change of Course

Policy Brief
by Andrea Cellino
20 April 2023
Geopolitics & Global Security

Saudi Arabia: America’s Achilles Heel

Commentary
by Andrew Hammond
20 April 2023
Local & National Politics

Somalia and its (Arab) Neighbors: New President, New Chapter

Commentary
by Brendon Novel
05 March 2023
Local & National Politics

Erdoğanism Could Live On Even If He Fails

Commentary
by Andrew Hammond
08 February 2023

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