October 29, 2026
PAKISTAN, along with like-minded states, seeks to resolve the catastrophic conflicts in the Middle East through dialogue, diplomacy and de-escalation. However, the jingoistic statements by the […]
October 21, 2026
THE character of war is rapidly evolving as emerging technologies destabilize security. The pace of technological change is encouraging weaker combatants to adopt asymmetrical war strategies […]
October 20, 2026
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Red Sea security, Egyptian–Saudi strategic nexus Analytical judgmentEgypt’s October 2026 decision to authorize defensive military support for Saudi Arabia should be understood […]
October 15, 2026
The conflicts in Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea are becoming more and more openly connected, and the actors involved no longer seem to […]
October 13, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Riyadh has opened a question that goes well beyond Syrian-Saudi relations. At a moment when Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan […]
October 8, 2026
On 29 September 2026, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, travelled to Damascus, where she met President Ahmed al-Sharaa and […]
October 7, 2026
The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum took place from September 15 to 17, 2026, at Beijing International Convention Center. As the forum marks its 20th anniversary, its […]
October 5, 2026
For four decades, Egypt’s foreign policy rested on a single, durable bargain: approximately $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid in exchange for maintaining the Camp […]
September 29, 2026
The international community stands at the cusp of the third revolution in warfare and the fourth industrial revolution, driven by ‘Emerging Technologies,’ often called ‘New Technologies’ […]
September 29, 2026
Yemen, Red Sea security, Gulf maritime chokepoints, and the Egyptian–Saudi strategic nexus Analytical judgmentThe September 2026 Houthi advance should be understood as a major change in […]
September 29, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s decision to leave the China-led mBridge digital payments project may look, at first glance, like a technical development in central-bank digital currencies. The more […]
September 17, 2026
Executive Summary On 25 August 2026, the Syrian Democratic Forces announced their own dissolution, folding the last independent Kurdish-led military structure in Syria into the armed […]
September 17, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Cairo to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Egypt comes at a moment when the […]
September 17, 2026
1. Introduction Romania is not often placed at the centre of European policy toward the Middle East, but its position on the eastern edge of the […]
August 25, 2026
Relations between Türkiye and Israel are no longer merely a troubled diplomatic relationship affected by the war in Gaza or by the personal and political […]
August 12, 2026
The convergence of strategic thinking among the leaders of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye led to a landmark security agreement capable of transforming the contemporary […]
August 12, 2026
Photo Source: https://omidradio.com/en The new Syrian-Russian agreement concerning the future of Russia’s military presence at Hmeimim and Tartus is far more than a technical settlement […]
August 10, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In late July 2026, roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta within a few days, the largest such movement […]
August 9, 2026
Photo: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, […]
August 8, 2026
Photo: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, […]
July 27, 2026
Source of photo: https://www.thenationalnews.com/ The visit of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to Damascus was far more than a routine diplomatic engagement. It came at […]
July 24, 2026
For decades, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons has been one of the central pillars of U.S. foreign policy since the end of World War II. […]
July 22, 2026
The Trump administration approved a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia at a delicate moment for Middle Eastern security. The proposed 30-year accord would enable […]
July 21, 2026
On March 1, 2026, Iranian drones struck Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Days earlier, a separate strike had already […]
July 15, 2026
French officers seen in Chad in mid- April, as part of renewed security cooperation between France and chad, this action indicates success and credibility of the […]
July 15, 2026
On July 7, 2026, President Donald Trump announced from Ankara that the United States would lift CAATSA sanctions imposed on Türkiye in 2020 and would consider restoring […]
July 10, 2026
The inauguration of Egypt’s State Strategic Command Headquarters, “The Octagon,” on July 4, 2026, represents more than a military modernization project. It signals a deliberate declaration […]
July 9, 2026
Source of the photo: NATO. https://www.nato.int/en/multimedia/multimedia/photos/2026/07/07/engagement-of-ministers-of-foreign-affairs-with-ici-partners The 2026 NATO Summit took place on 7-8 July in Ankara, Türkiye. The main priority on the agenda had […]
April 15, 2026
The Middle East crisis has entered a dangerous new phase. After the collapse of high-level US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad, the United States imposed a naval blockade […]
March 17, 2026
ISRAEL and the US expectations that decapitation of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, through massive airstrikes, would terminate the regime seem driven by “wishful thinking” […]
February 4, 2026
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published the draft of a new Constitution on 31 January 2026, following an extensive constitutional reform process […]
January 20, 2026
1. Introduction As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly stated, “not everyone who wants a country gets one,” confirming that most aspirants did in fact get […]
November 12, 2025
Photo’s source: https://www.ispionline.it Introduction On October 30, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, delivered a stark assessment of the deteriorating situation […]
October 26, 2025
The conference “Middle East: From Chaos to the New (Dis)Order” aims to shed light on the intricate and dynamic forces shaping the Middle East and North […]
October 19, 2025
Photo’s source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afghanistan-Pakistan_border.png Introduction In October 2025, fighting erupted between Afghan and Pakistani militaries, signaling an aggravation of a complex and chronical conflict, or conflicts (Ali […]
October 10, 2025
Photo source: The White House – Tony Blair being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2009, https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2009/01/images/20090113-7_p011309cg-0410-515h.html After the official announcement of the 20-points plan […]
April 27, 2025
Centrul de Studii asupra Orientului Mijlociu și a Mediteranei, structură de cercetare din cadrul Facultății de Istorie și Filosofie, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, în colaborare cu Middle […]
April 27, 2025
Centrul de Studii asupra Orientului Mijlociu și a Mediteranei, structură de cercetare din cadrul Facultății de Istorie și Filosofie, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, în colaborare cu Middle […]
January 16, 2025
As part of their efforts to diversify away from an oil-based economy, Middle Eastern countries have increased their spending on space exploration and technology in recent […]
August 7, 2024
Photo’s source: https://www.lightcastlebd.com As if the crises around the world were not sufficient, on August the 5th, 2024, the now former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh […]
August 6, 2024
Palestinian group Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on Wednesday, 31st July in an attack attributed to Israel, hours after an Israeli strike […]
August 5, 2024
Photo’s source: https://www.maannews.net/news The State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced on July 23rd, 2024, that 14 Palestinian factions signed the Beijing Declaration, […]
August 1, 2024
Note by H.E. Dr. Seyed Hossein SADAT MEIDANI on the Election of New President of the Islamic Republic of Iran In the name of God, the […]
July 29, 2024
Source of Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_SCO_summit#; A group photo of the SCO heads of state at the 24th SCO Summit in Almata, Kazakhstan: (from left to right) Zhang […]
April 1, 2023
The speech was delivered during the webinar “China’s deepening ties with the Middle East”, organized by MEPEI (the Middle East Political and Economic Institute) and IRS […]
February 11, 2023
Source of the photo: https://www.presstv.ir/ Abstract. The protests that have challenged Iran in recent months have reached the Western public space filtered through concepts such as human […]
October 27, 2022
Source of photo: https://www.president.ir/en/138074. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin In Tehran on 19 July 2022. Some argue that the Ukrainian war […]
October 25, 2022
On October 25th, 2022, on the occasion of the Republic Day of Kazakhstan, the essay competition “Let’s discover Kazakhstan” award ceremony was hosted at the Diplomatic […]
September 29, 2022
Ebrahim RAISI, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Preliminary Report of the High Council […]
April 6, 2022
Executive summary: On the 15th of May 2022, new parliamentary elections will be held in Lebanon. The last four years have been particularly critical for the […]
April 5, 2022
On Thursday, March 24, 2022, MEPEI (Middle East Political and Economic Institute) and EuroDefense Romania, in partnership with IFIMES (International Institute for the Middle East and […]
February 23, 2022
On 2nd December 2021, the Bucharest-based think-tanks Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI) and EuroDefense Romania, in partnership with IPIS (the Institute for Political and […]
January 14, 2022
Executive summary: Lebanon is facing today one of the deepest and most intense crises of the entire Middle East region. It is a mix of social, […]
July 5, 2021
Executive Summary: On the 5th of June 2021 an Omani delegation has visited Yemen for the first time since the breakout of the civil war in […]
July 5, 2021
Executive summary: Lebanon is facing a multi-dimensional crisis that is worsening by the day, therefore the need for a solution is crucial. Lebanon has long been […]
April 3, 2020
With the outbreak of coronavirus, the global oil market equations have become more complicated. This, coupled with the decrease in demand that has resulted from the […]
January 10, 2020
The Trump administration’s strategic miscalculation in assassinating Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has institutionalized anti-American sentiment in Iran’s domestic politics and among the Iranian public. This has […]
July 14, 2018
With all that you see in the region (Middle East) you have to consider that from 2010 to 2050 the population will double, creating one big […]