Middle East
Views of US Mideast disengagement will drive reality
Despite evidence for the long-awaited shift towards a ‘post-American’ order, the pace and endpoint remain unclear
Middle EastSyria’s Assad is rising, but could overplay his hand
As Syrian, Turkish, Iranian and Russian foreign ministers meet, President Bashar al-Assad gets his Arab summit invite
SyriaOil reliance will fall in Middle East and North Africa
Dependence on oil and gas revenues has fallen in the Middle Eastern and North African hydrocarbon-rich states since 2010
Middle EastMiddle East states will welcome US interest rate pause
The Gulf Cooperation Council states, with the exception of Kuwait, raised interest rates in line with the US rate hike
Middle EastSymbolic Syria-Iran deals could nudge Arab states
The Iranian presidential visit to Damascus was lauded as marking a new level of strategic and economic cooperation
SyriaArab governments will undermine press freedoms
The 2023 World Press Freedom Index revealed substantial challenges facing journalists in the region
Middle EastGrowth will slow in the Middle East and North Africa
The IMF forecasts growth will slow more sharply in the regional oil exporters than in the region’s emerging countries
Middle EastSyrian Arab thaw will focus on borders, not rights
Damascus’s foreign minister attended his first collective meeting with Arab colleagues
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