The Middle East in 2015
Disclaimer: This section features a selection of noteworthy analysis and forecasts which reflect the opinions of their authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation for a World in Transition, nor of its members. The Foundation encourages the open exchange of opinion amongst its members yet does not take any institutional position.
U.S.-Saudi Relations
By Farideh Farhi, Matthew Levitt & Sarah Birke
Council on Foreign Relations - October 1, 2015
War and the Iraqi Economy: A Case Study
By Anthony H. Cordesman & Mano Sakayan
Center for Strategic and International Studies - September 30, 2015
Federated Defense in the Middle East
By Jon B. Alterman, Kathleen H. Hicks, Melissa Dalton & Thomas Karako
Center for Strategic and International Studies - September 17, 2015
Constructing a New Syria: Dealing with the Real Outcome of the “ISIS War”
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - September 4, 2015
The Iran Nuclear Agreement and Iranian Energy Exports, Economy, and World Energy Markets
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - August 17, 2015
What happens next after the Iran nuclear agreement?
By Sir Richard Dalton
Royal Institute of International Affairs - August 15, 2015
Iran and Nuclear Restraint: Lessons from Elsewhere
By Dr. Patricia Lewis
Royal Institute of International Affairs - July 30, 2015
Chaos in the Arab world suits Russia’s domestic propaganda
By Nikolay Kozhanov
Royal Institute of International Affairs - July 25, 2015
The Impact of the Syrian War on Kurdish Politics Across the Middle East
By Cengiz Gunes & Robert Lowe
Royal Institute of International Affairs - July 23, 2015
The Arab-US Strategic Partnership and the Changing Security Balance in the Gulf
By Anthony H. Cordesman & Michael Peacock
Center for Strategic and International Studies - July 13, 2015
The Kurds: a Channel of Russian Influence in the Middle East?
By Igor Delanoe
French Institute of International Relations - June 25, 2015
Rocky Harbors: Taking Stock of the Middle East in 2015
By Jon B. Alterman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - April 29, 2015
Saudi Arabia Reshuffle Presages More Assertive Foreign Policy
By Jane Kinninmont
Royal Institute of International Affairs - April 29, 2015
Persistence and Evolutions of the Rentier State Model in Gulf Countries
By Anaïs Özyavuz & Dorothée Schmid
French Institute of International Relations - April 23, 2015
Lebanon: Situation Report
By Lina Khatib & Maxwell Gardiner
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - April 17, 2015
An Arab Army - The Rise of Interventionism in the Middle East
By Tobias Borck
Royal United Services Institute - March 30, 2015
Russian Realpolitik in the Middle East
By Nikolay Kozhanov
Royal Institute of International Affairs - March 18, 2015
Prospects for Iran’s Oil and Gas Sector
By Professor Paul Stevens
Royal Institute of International Affairs - March 5, 2015
Yemen and the Saudi-Iranian 'Cold War'
By Peter Salisbury
Royal Institute of International Affairs - February 18, 2015
On Saudi-Iranian Dynamics
By Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February 16, 2015
The Battle for Libya’s Oil
By Frederic Wehrey
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February 9, 2015
Middle East Oil Outlook Unsettled Amid Security Vacuum
By Dr. Valerie Marcel
Royal Institute of International Affairs - February 4, 2015
After King Abdullah, Continuity
By Frederic Wehrey
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - January 23, 2015
