An EU Pivot to the Middle East
The changes in the global balance of power, and in particular, the challenges posed by a rising China, have...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
An EU Pivot to the Middle East
A nation must think before it acts.
Israel
Editor’s Corner Spring 2023
This special Spring 2023 issue of Orbis is a product of the long-standing, close collaboration between the Konrad Adenauer...
Big Changes in United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: This paper is based inter alia on insights from a series of meetings and interviews during a...
Jordan: Another Peak in a Multi-Year Crisis
Over the past few months, Jordan has undergone another peak in a multi-year crisis. It made headlines last April—the...
The Confrontation with Russia and US Grand Strategy
Over the past year, two understated but dramatic shifts in US strategy have taken place: the United States no...
Iranian Jews in Israel, Protests, and the Palestinians
Mahsa Amini was killed on September 16, 2022, by the Islamic Republic’s morality police. She was arrested for not...
Bibi’s Back in Israel: Is There Going to be Trouble?
Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is back. The Likud Party head has been prime minister of Israel almost continuously since March...
Biden’s National Security Strategy: America’s Search for Order in the Middle East
President Joe Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS) addresses two trends in America’s Middle East policy that have been apparent...
Helping Put Sudan’s Democratic Transition Back on Track
In October 2021, Sudan’s civilian government was overthrown in a military coup. The coup marked the conclusion of the...
Separatists and Spoilers: The UAE’s Way of Proxy Warfare
Abstract This article examines the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) involvement in proxy warfare in the Middle East and the...