Why the Arab world must prepare now for recession
Talk of the “next recession” is often dismissed as alarmist fear-mongering. The wounds of the 2008 financial crisis and the resulting...
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Why big cities are the future of the Arab world
A century ago, only 10 percent of us lived in cities. According to the UN, 55 percent of the world’s population now lives in urban areas,...
The cryptic puzzle of Bitcoin and the Arab world
When the history of the first two decades of the 21st century is written, along with the paradigm shifts caused by 9/11, the Arab Spring...
Arab states’ simple equation to solve Chinese investment dilemma
Relations between China and the Arab world are as simple as 1+2+3. That’s the formulation conceived by Beijing two years ago in an...
What It Would Take for Iran to Talk to Trump
On August 6, Donald Trump’s administration reimposed economic sanctions on Iran that Barack Obama’s administration had lifted when it...
Why the Arab world needs a new economic bloc
A new reality has emerged on the world stage, and at the heart of it is Donald Trump’s leadership of the world’s largest economy and most...
BRICS, the 85 World and the future of the Middle East
When British economist Jim O’Neill dubbed the fast-growing, large, emerging market economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China as...
In Bahrain, a smoldering insurgency reveals the resilience of Iran’s proxy war
This article was originally published by The Washington Post on May 18, 2018. View it here. The Trump administration has vowed to crack...
Iran Among the Ruins: Tehran's Advantage in a Turbulent Middle East
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of Foreign Affairs. View it here. Over the last seven years, social...
Iran Among the Ruins: Tehran’s Advantage in a Turbulent Middle East
Over the last seven years, social upheavals and civil wars have torn apart the political order that had defined the Middle East ever...
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