Recent events in Yemen could drag Saudi Arabia into the conflict.
- Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
The search for peace in the Middle East is putting a strain on relations between the two leaders.
Few Middle Eastern leaders can agree to Trump’s proposal for all Arab and Muslim states to sign the Abraham accords.
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran had recently begun to thaw.
Simon Mabon talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the evolution of the relationship between Iran and its Gulf neighbours.
Saudi Arabia has explicitly linked joining the Abraham accords to a plan for a Palestinian state.
O impacto dos ataques de 7 de outubro e a resposta de Israel ainda repercutirão nas próximas décadas.
The impact of the October 7 attacks and Israel’s response will reverberate for decades to come.
Israel’s allies should look at what was done to isolate South Africa during the apartheid years.
A decisão do presidente dos EUA de se juntar à campanha aérea de Israel contra o programa nuclear do Irã é a sentença de morte da antiga ordem baseada em regras.
The US president’s decision to join Israel’s air campaign against Iran’s nuclear programme is the death knell of the old rules-based order.
A great deal hangs on the ongoing talks in Oman.
Trump has suggested the US should seize control of the war-torn Gaza Strip.
The American political landscape now finds itself at a point where difference is seen as antagonistic.
All-out war between Israel and Hezbollah could destabilise the whole region, says Middle East expert Simon Mabon.
Simon Mabon, especialista em Oriente Médio, responde às nossas perguntas sobre o que esse importante desenvolvimento pode significar para as perspectivas de paz na região.
Middle East expert, Simon Mabon, answers our questions about what this key development might mean for the prospects of peace in the region.
Jordan’s foreign policy has landed the kingdom in hot water.
The Middle East crisis has many moving parts and could easily descend into chaos.
O tão anunciado acordo de paz entre Israel e Arábia Saudita está morto? E como o Irã provavelmente responderá? Um especialista em política do Oriente Médio explica
Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
Detente between Tehran and Riyadh will not magically solve all the political and sectarian tensions in the Middle East.
Recent meetings have raised hopes that the two regional powers can bury their differences and end this humanitarian disaster.
The Abraham Accords peace deal was supposed to herald a new era for the Middle East. Yet the fault-lines remain as deep as ever.
The underlying issues of inequality, corruption and poverty are still dogging the region, ten years after the protests.
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