The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s 2017 Independence Referendum has had dramatic consequences on the Kurdish economy. Shortly after 92 percent of Kurd...

This month, the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrated the 40th anniversary of its 1979 Revolution. Iran has faced a variety of challenges over the past 40 year...

With a rapidly growing population and an expanding economy, Egypt has been struggling to meet its energy needs, which has been growing at a rate of 6% annual...

For over a decade, the Turkish economy has been supplied with easy credit. Here, economic growth became dependant upon the injection of foreign capital as a ...

The Soviet legacy is a factor that shapes Russian foreign policy, in the Middle East and elsewhere, in a number of ways. Arms sales – to Syria, Iraq, Iran, E...

The annexation of Crimea in February 2014 marked the beginning of a new Russian assertiveness on the world stage. Beyond the battlefields of Eastern Ukraine,...

Shaken by years of turmoil, since the 2011 uprising, the Egyptian economy is showing signs of recovery. In line with the 2016 IMF loan programme, Egypt has b...

While 2017 was a challenging year for the MENA region, with GDP growth dropping to 1 percent, Middle Eastern economies are expected to grow this year at an a...

The “Western world” has a renewed interest in Saudi Arabia, which is now being portrayed as a “progressive” state due to Crown Prince Salman’s attempts at in...

Earlier this year the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs endorsed the rich and deep ancient history between India and Israel. However, what has been ignored ...

At the start of this month, US President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal. Prior to his announcement, Trump’s...