Two years on from the Syrian regime’s military recapture of the entirety of Rural Damascus, the fates of influential local actors, including communal dignitaries, religious clerics, businessmen, civil society activists and military commanders, appear to vary from area to area Read More …
The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the long-time head of Iran’s nuclear and missile development programs, has set off a major debate on how country should respond. Top Islamic Republic officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, have called for definitive punishment of those Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share the latest research project report by Virginie Collombier, Scientific Coordinator of the MEDirections Libya Initiative, in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in the frame of the Hybrid Pathways to Resistance in the Islamic World project (HYRES), that studies Read More …
The role played by Universities in forging networks of non-state intercultural partnerships can be a significant long term de-escalation mechanism in the Persian Gulf region. First, it facilitates the establishment of social contact points and fosters relations between communities experiencing Read More …
Two years after the end of their mandates in 2018, the formation of new boards of directors of Syrian chambers of commerce in September and October 2020 shows significant changes in the regime’s businessmen networks. These elections saw a rise Read More …
The Middle East Directions Programme is delighted to present its newly established Regional Security Initiative, which endeavors to rethink security system in the Persian Gulf region. The Regional Security Initiative has the ambition to become a platform for research and a laboratory of Read More …
Marking the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration, this call invites academics and experts in the field to submit proposals for papers related to the Euro Mediterranean process of cooperation. The selected contributors will have the opportunity to engage in Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Research Project Report from the Syria Transition Challenges Project, part of the Syria Initiative. This paper was originally published in Arabic on 19 October 2020. It is now available in English. In Syria’s context of political Read More …
Will the 11thcongress of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahdha mark a post-Ghannouchi turn? With his elections in 2012 and 2016 as head of Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi (born in 1941) indeed reached the limit of two successive presidential mandates enshrined in Read More …
On the first anniversary of his resignation, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is once again tasked with forming a government. Last year, protests broke out across the country in what became known as the 2019 October Revolution, which demanded the Read More …
