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Mohamed El-Doufani* writes: Five Minutes to Midnight aims to explain some of the intractable issues in international politics. In the coming weeks we will begin by examining six topics: First: the...
View ArticleListen: “The Iranian threat” – real or imagined?
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes Dr Farhang Jahanpour, an Iranian academic and journalist living in the UK, sheds light on the reasons for the chequered relations between Iran and the West, primarily the United
View ArticleListen – Iran: Between conflict and stagnation
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: It’s hard to recall the last time we heard good news from Iran. But recent developments indicate that the country has entered a new stage in its struggle with
View ArticleListen — Iran: The protests, Islam and women
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: Iranian academic Dr Farhang Jahanpour analyses the extraordinary protests that have been sweeping Iran for the past month. Since the protests were triggered by the death of...
View ArticleListen: Saudi and Gulf relations and influence in the Arab world
Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, analyses the relations between the Persian/Arab Gulf...
View ArticleThe Five Minutes to Midnight Podcast
The Five Minutes to Midnight podcast explains intractable issues in international politics with in-depth insight and analysis from experts – journalists, academics and activists.
View ArticleFor the UAE and others, it’s business as usual with Israel
James Dorsey says "it’s business as usual" for the United Arab Emirates and Israel as Binyamin Netanyahu’s newly formed government implements hardline policies aimed at forcing Palestinians to give up...
View ArticleListen – Iraq: Corruption, instability, and a glimmer of hope
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: Interview with John Davison who until October 2022 served for four years as Reuters Bureau Chief in Baghdad. He relates his experience of Iraq: how corruption affects the lives
View ArticleListen – Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict: Origins and current status
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: Caucasus analyst Anne Thompson sheds light on the origins and present status of the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict over the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagornyy Karabakh,...
View ArticleListen – The Middle East in a changing world
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: Middle East analyst Dr Farhang Jahanpour views the current problems of the Middle East – its Arab, Israeli, Iranian and Turkish components – and its relations with the West
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