For most of 2025, Western capitals perceived that Russia’s position in the Middle East was in terminal decline. The fall of Bashar al-Assad in December […]
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The Reawakening of the Arab World: Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: A Review
Introduction: Samir Amin’s Enduring Marxist Lens on the Arab Revolutions It was 2011 when Cairo erupted in a cry that had been building for decades. […]
What Explains the Duality of West’s Syrian Embrace and Afghanistan Abandonment?
International relations are rife with paradoxes. Few cases illustrate the contrasting behaviour of major powers, particularly Western actors, more starkly than Syria and Afghanistan, where […]