Researching our way to a brighter Arab future

Qatar 2022: between controversy and hypocrisy The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was a hugely significant occasion for football and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is the first time […]

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In April 2022, Russia entered the second phase of its invasion of Ukraine, redeploying soldiers away from Kyiv and focusing on the eastern Donbas region and southwest. Now, amidst more failed […]

On 15 May, citizens of Lebanon headed to polling stations until 7 pm local time, where low turnout, political disaffection, anti-establishment feelings, and the effects of hyperinflation dominated the scene. Being […]

In 2021, Vladimir Putin announced Russia would increase gas supplies to Europe to mollify the turbulent energy market. This offered some respite to the continent after the energy crisis threatened to spiral out of […]

Angie Assal is a born and bred New Yorker. Her artwork embodies her multifaceted identity as a Lebanese-Arab-Druze with American nationality. The concept of Sound of Mazzika is clear and enticing: hand painted, 3 […]

October 2020 marked a year of sizeable political protests in Lebanon. Protesters demanded a complete overhaul of the system. The protests see the coming together of people in a way that spans beyond Lebanon’s r […]

Med 2020 is the 6th edition of annual conferences held by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) – this year’s conference, held in Rome, focused on addressing challenges faced by younger […]

According to the Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies, 2019, conflict-affected countries are disproportionately affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) due to the consequences of conflict on […]

When Homer described war, he spared his audience the gore by torturing the grammar, by pulling apart the line, reshaping it to convey the horror. He moved his audience not with the superlative of violence but, […]

In 2009, The Israel Project, a US-based, pro-Israeli organisation, authoured a not-for-distribution booklet titled “Global Language Dictionary” (that was directly leaked to Newsweek). This PR guide had the obj […]