Dlawer Ala'Aldeen

A new government is expected to be inaugurated in Baghdad at a time marked by sharp volatility on both the national and regional levels. This government will assume its responsibilities at a decisive crossroads, facing a fateful test: either it undertakes broad structural reforms, including…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdullah Ocalan’s new initiative to end the five-decade-long conflict in Türkiye seems serious. If successful, it could completely reshape dynamics across the region. The objective of Turkish leaders is clear: disarming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), de-securitizing…

Iran’s relentless pressure on the US, via Arab proxies across the Middle East, has been mounting for some time, but intensified since the 7 October war in Gaza and may escalate after the latest attack on the Houthis in Yemen. While the Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at ships and…