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 ...

Zabiullah Mujahid has been an articulate spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate and Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, explaining their positions to the world with great finesse.[i] “All ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In February 2025, the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum (MENAF) hosted Palestinian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr Adnan Mjalli to discuss the “Pathways of Development in the Palestinian ...

Saudi Arabia has been an anchor of stability and growth in the Gulf and beyond. There are at least three reasons for this. First, as the largest economy in the Arab world, it acts as a major source of ...