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Iran’s leaders may seek to prioritise diplomatic solutions with a second Trump administration. It remains to be seen how Trump will approach the country.
Trump must find a balance between his commitment to Israel and upholding America’s close relations with its Arab allies. This will be critical to ending the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
It’s not clear yet that the Brics alliance is close to being able to achieve unity of purpose.
Saudi Arabia’s sports charm offensive is about more than money. It’s about an investment in the future prosperity and security of the kingdom and the longevity of the Saudi dynasty — and it’s working.
Negotiating peace is not a matter of following a simple recipe; it rarely has well-defined stages.
The economic cost of keeping many women out of the workforce in Gulf states is huge.
We may have taken a step towards knowing who the Saudi Kingdom’s third-most powerful person is.
Despite reports of mismanagement, the 2024 Hajj brought together pilgrims of diverse backgrounds from 180 countries.
Archaeologists are helping us reimagine life in ancient Saudi Arabia. With ‘packable’ housing, diverse diets and evidence of trade, these communities were more complex than we once thought.
Hajj has grappled with public health and safety risks such as crowd crushes and infectious diseases in the past. It’s now facing an emerging risk: climate extremes.
Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
It’s a precarious situation, but pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia, among others, is gradually pushing the two warring sides towards a deal. But a lot can still go wrong.
Jordan’s foreign policy has landed the kingdom in hot water.
The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.
New research reveals signs of ancient human habitation in a vast cave beneath the Arabian desert. It may have been used as a waystation by Stone Age herders travelling from one oasis to another.
At one of the world’s largest arms fairs, missiles are treated as commodities and warring regimes as clients.
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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