George Liska was absolutely right when he stated, “It’s impossible to speak of international relations without referring to alliances: the two often merge in all but names”[i]. Alliance dynamics lie ...

To permit the widest possible range of submissions, the ‘Middle East’ is defined broadly as including all Arab League states, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel and Turkey. Pitches will be considered based on ...

“The Hamas-Israel War and its Regional Implications” is the first issue of Manara Magazine in 2024. As a dynamic online issue, published in Manara Magazine since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel war ...

Rt Hon. Alistair Burt Former Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development (2017-19). Alison Pargeter Senior Visiting Fellow ...

Manara – “Lighthouse” – aims to foster critical conversations on the Middle East and North Africa region through the voices of established and emerging specialists in politics, international relations ...

“Climate point 1” is one of the most important scientific concepts regarding global and regional climate change and serves as a basic indicator for the direction climate change will take in the near- ...

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa lack any legislative framework to allow legal gender recognition (LGR) for their transgender populations. This legislative vacuum has forced transgender ...

For Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities to enjoy equal political rights and participate in decision-making, an important place to start is to address their sense of political marginalisation.

While Sunnis account for roughly 85 percent of the Muslim population around the Islamic world, they constitute a minority in Iran where Shias make up the absolute majority of the country’s population.

A highly strategic arena for regional and international actors alike, the Red Sea serves as a critical waterway for global trade, making the Red Sea region a key geopolitical interest for Europe. With ...

On 8 January 2022, the Egyptian government quietly released Ramy Kamel, a Coptic Christian human rights activist. It was the day after Coptic Christmas: celebrations at the Coptic Cathedral of the ...

This article is part of a multi-part series on Arab Gulf security. The Sultanate of Oman is a Gulf state, an Indian Ocean state, and a critical Arabian Peninsula state that occupies the most vital ...