The Middle East and Global Review

The Middle East and Global Review

The Middle East and Global Review showcases the research output of the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG) and of other scholars and practitioners working on transformations underway in the Middle East and the world order. Please find more information here.

If you are interested in writing for The Middle East and Global Review, please first contact the CMEG Publications Manager Majd El-Safadi at m.el-safadi@cmeg.org 

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Populism in foreign policy? The case of Turkey

Populism in foreign policy? The case of Turkey

Iulia-Alexandra Oprea, Associate Fellow at Center for Middle East and Global Order, explores Turkey's use of populist narratives to legitimize its recent assertiveness on the…
Iran under Pezeshkian: Challenges for replicating reformist-era growth

Iran under Pezeshkian: Challenges for replicating reformist-era growth

Following Pezeshkian's victory, CMEG economist Mahdi Ghodsi explores replicating reformist-era economic growth, the challenges of international sanctions and domestic structures,…
America’s Reckoning with Gaza at Home and the Great Rupture in International Relations

America’s Reckoning with Gaza at Home and the Great Rupture in International Relations

Fawaz A. Gerges argues that now, more than ever, it is in the long-term interests of the US to uphold the rules-based international order, not only in words but in deeds.  In…
Fairness also Makes us Grow: The West should play an active role in shaping the power shift towards the Global South

Fairness also Makes us Grow: The West should play an active role in shaping the power shift towards th…

Almut Wieland-Karimi, member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group on Peacebuilding, argues that the West should apprehend the global power shift towards countries in Asia…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Why an EU Terror Listing is Legally Possible

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Why an EU Terror Listing is Legally Possible

Lukas Märtin argues that an EU terror listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would be legally possible. The public debate within the EU of whether to take this…
Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous

Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous

Amin Naeni explores what a second term for Trump may mean for Iran.  There’s been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the…
Iranian–Saudi normalization one year on: Tactical accommodation or strategic partnership?

Iranian–Saudi normalization one year on: Tactical accommodation or strategic partnership?

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni argue that there is a stark disconnect between diplomatic gestures and tangible outcomes between Tehran and Riyadh. This stagnation raises…
Cyber Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism in Iran

Cyber Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism in Iran

Shahram Akbarzadeh, Amin Naeni, Ihsan Yilmaz and Galib Bashirov detail new research on digital authoritarianism and the role of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Iran. The…
Parched Politics: Iran’s Water Scarcity and the Rising Wave of Discontent

Parched Politics: Iran’s Water Scarcity and the Rising Wave of Discontent

Shirin Hakim argues that water issues have the potential to mobilize a new wave of activism in the Republic. Water has long shaped landscapes and civilizations. In the face of…
The Islamic Republic’s grand-strategic dilemma following the deal with Saudi Arabia

The Islamic Republic’s grand-strategic dilemma following the deal with Saudi Arabia

Amin Naeni and Ali Fathollah-Nejad explore the tensions inherent in Iran's relationships with Saudi Arabia and China. The March 2023 agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia,…
Enforce sanctions – not normalize the Assad regime

Enforce sanctions – not normalize the Assad regime

Rebekka Rexhausen argues that the West must adhere to human rights-centered foreign policy to address authoritarianism in Syria.  When on May 7 the Arab League…