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Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran had recently begun to thaw.
The Iran war is affecting the whole Middle East. An expert on the region looks at four key issues that shed light on the war’s likely end and political consequences.
Gulf states have been opportunistic players in the Horn of Africa.
Missiles and drones have rained down on cities across the Gulf since the start of the conflict in the Middle East.
Key sources of drinking water have been targets in past conflicts. And Iranian strikes have already hit close to some.
Simon Mabon talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the evolution of the relationship between Iran and its Gulf neighbours.
Qatar, the UAE and other Gulf nations have spent years cultivating an image of being an oasis of stability in the Mideast. The current war risks undoing all that work.
As US bombing operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have shown, destruction is not the same as political success.
By using its drone and missile arsenal on its neighbours, Iran is telling the region, and the world, the regime will not go quietly.
The latest effort shows potential for a temporary humanitarian pause rather than a lasting political settlement.
Somaliland’s growing strategic relevance masks its unresolved internal divisions.
While Israel’s recognition of Somaliland alters the board, it doesn’t end the game.
Initially, the two gulf states were in alignment over Yemen’s civil war. But the Arab coalition’s unity has long since gone.
The seizure of southern Yemen by separatists raises the prospect of the country being carved in two.
As fighting escalates in Sudan, the latest peace efforts seem unlikely to achieve more than a fragile ceasefire.
The video game company is being acquired for a record-breaking US$55 billion. Despite being named ‘The Worst Company in America’, why is it so in-demand?
In Saudi Arabia, smartphones offer women new avenues of empowerment, even as they remain tools of surveillance in a society where gender inequality persists.
Gulf nations were already becoming anxious about Israel’s apparently unconstrained regional activities. Now, a one-time thaw in relations may revert to a deep freeze.
The region’s authoritarian leaders have been buoyed by the loss of Iranian power. But such victories mask a region that is still very much beset by danger.
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Affiliate Researcher, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Bayreuth University
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Lecturer in International Relations, University of Glasgow
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Research Associate, King's College London, King's College London
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Relations & Global Studies, Michigan State University