MEI Perspectives
20 posts
MEI Perspectives Series 28: Awkward Neutrality – The Muslim World and Russia’s War in Ukraine
*By Emir Hadžikadunić Abstract After over a year of war in Ukraine, some 50 Muslim-majority states from…
MEI Perspectives Series 27: Saudi-Iranian Deal is Potentially Significant, But Can’t be Deemed a Breakthrough — Yet
By Brandon Friedman Introduction Last Friday, 10 March, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced an agreement to re-establish diplomatic…
MEI Perspectives Series 26: The Middle East in a Multipolar World
*Credits to Center for Strategic & International Studies Speakers: Bilahari Kausikan (Chairman of the Middle East Institute…
MEI Perspectives Series 25: Qatar-Iran Ties Deepen Amid Shifting Regional Consensus
By Clemens Chay In his remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, the Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and…
MEI Perspectives Series 24: Long Ignored, Climate Change Emerges as Potent Threat to Middle East Security
By Aisha Al-Sarihi Climate change is expected to greatly affect the Middle East region, with lower rainfall, increased…
MEI Perspectives Series 23: From Islands to a Quiet Thaw with Israel: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Designs
By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco Riyadh’s mounting attention to and increasing engagement in the Red Sea basin reflect…
MEI Perspectives Series 22: From Hormuz to Malacca: Straits of Cooperation between the GCC and Indonesia
By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat Indonesia and Gulf countries have experienced an increasingly harmonious relationship in recent years. Moreover,…
MEI Perspectives Series 21: Why Now? Deconstructing and Contextualising the UAE’s Olive Branch to Iran and Turkey
By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco The imperative of de-escalation has been entwined in the foreign policy of Middle…
MEI Perspectives Series 20: A Nowruz Present Ayatollah Khamenei Would Have Done Without
By Gyorgy Busztin No sooner had his two guests said farewell to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of…
MEI Perspectives Series 19: Hot Take: MEI Experts on War in Ukraine
The repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be felt far beyond Europe’s shores. MEI experts take a…