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Haid Haid is a Syrian columnist and a senior consulting research fellow of the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Program. Previously, he was a program manager on Syria and Iraq at the Heinrich Böll Foundation Middle East Office in Beirut. He also worked as a senior community services protection assistant at UNHCR’s Damascus office. He has a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a postgraduate diploma in counseling, master’s degrees in social development and conflict resolution as well as a PhD in war studies. His main research interests include security, conflict, governance, non-state actors and preventing and countering violent extremism.

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The Folly of Biden’s Foreign Policy By Dnyanesh Kamat - Jan 20, 2023

Despite US President Joe Biden’s affinity for the “rule-based international order” established after World War II, his foreign policy is hastening its demise. In fact, there’s an ever-widening gulf between his administration’s homilies on internationalism and its approach to defending it. Consider the evidence. Last October, the Biden administration announced a raft of export controls designed to curtail Chinese companies’ … Continue reading “The Folly of Biden’s Foreign Policy”

A Russia-Iran Trade Corridor to Nowhere By Nikola Mikovic - Jan 20, 2023

While Russia and Iran don’t always concur, their status as pariahs of the West has pushed them to work as an “axis of the sanctioned.” One way this has materialized is through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a 7,200-kilometer network of road, rail, and shipping routes designed to move freight between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia, and Europe. Conceived in 2000 but never … Continue reading “A Russia-Iran Trade Corridor to Nowhere”

Turkey’s Shopping Mall Boom – or Bust? By Alexandra de Cramer - Jan 14, 2023

One of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) most visible legacies since coming to power two decades ago is something people either love or loathe: the shopping mall. These brick and mortar symbols of prosperity and development have been a cornerstone of AKP’s vision of a “New Turkey.” And they’ve been popping up at a staggering … Continue reading “Turkey’s Shopping Mall Boom – or Bust?”

Is it Appropriate to Appropriate? By Jonathan Gornall - Jan 12, 2023

If you’re a fan of yoga but can’t lay claim to Indian heritage, you should roll up your mat and slink away in shame, never to do downward dog again. That, at least, is the takeaway from the latest assault by the cultural-appropriation movement, for which, to quote the United Kingdom’s insufferably earnest Guardian newspaper, … Continue reading “Is it Appropriate to Appropriate?”

Get Ready for a New Wave of Resource Nationalism By Joseph Dana - Jan 9, 2023

Just as the supply chain crisis appears to be stabilizing, a new set of laws in southern Africa threatens one of the world’s essential commodities. Last month, Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium. The material is a vital part of batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. Zimbabwe is home to the world’s sixth-largest … Continue reading “Get Ready for a New Wave of Resource Nationalism”