MEDirections is delighted to share a new Research Project Report from the Wartime and Post Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). During the years of war in Deir ez-Zor and the siege imposed by Islamic State on the pocket of territory Read More …
As part of its efforts to provide a nuanced understanding of the conflict’s dynamics and trends, the ‘Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria’ (WPCS) team of the Middle East Directions Programme has collectively reflected on the mass of research on Syria Read More …
If you missed our online roundtable on Managing the Risk of a Military Collision in the Persian Gulf: From Where to Start? (2 February 2021), organised in the frame of our Regional Security Initiative, you can now watch the event’s Read More …
On 2 February 2021, the Middle East Directions Programme hosted Giovanni Romani, Sanam Vakil, Tytti Erästö, and Mahsa Rouhi as part of its Regional Security Initiative. Moderated by Luigi Narbone and Abdolrasool Divsallar, the event (see more details here) explored the possibility Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share the latest policy brief by Cinzia Bianco Can Europe choreograph a Saudi-Iranian détente?, in the frame of our Regional Security Initiative. Geopolitical rivalries between the two shores of the Gulf are having a detrimental impact on Read More …
Place de le République, Paris, 21 February 2021. As they have done every Sunday in the last year, Algerians and French-Algerians gathered in solidarity of the Hirak Movement in the French capital. Last Sunday, however, was different from the others. Among the many Algerian Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Policy Brief from the Wartime and Post Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). While analysts regularly point out that Russia is seizing Syrian’s natural resources including phosphates as a compensation for its costly military Read More …
The international community, a longtime supporter of the Lebanese government, is adopting a new modality to channel reform-inducing aid to the country after the complete erosion of domestic and foreign trust in its state institutions. After the explosion at the Read More …
The territories ruled by the Syrian opposition are being reorganised. The leaderless revolution has given way to a seizure of power by vanguardist and ideological organisations, be it the PYD in the northeast or HTS, the former local branch of Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Working Paper by Patrick Haenni and Jerôme Drevon. This paper was originally published in English on the 3rd of February 2021. The territories ruled by the Syrian opposition are being reorganised. The leaderless revolution has given way to Read More …
