The Reverberations of Normalisation: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria
In early March 2023, Saudi Arabia and Iran signed a China brokered agreement to restore diplomatic ties, normalising relations between two long-time rivals. The pragmatic agreement was the culmination of months of backchannel efforts playing out across the Middle East and beyond, brokered by Oman, Iraq, European states and China. The deal set out a process to realign regional politics,…
Who dares to attend the class of the Syrian lesson?
The major question that arose while following Van Dam’s lessons is why he has decided to conclude his lessons in 2023? What makes this year different? Is 2023 the deadline for political change in Syria? History has taught us that protests and revolts vary in their achievements of immediate objectives or long-term processes, a development that ascertains the complexity of…
