Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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How MBS’s Built a Neo-Colonial Order
For nearly a decade, Mohammed bin Salman has worked on his facade. In public he is the reformer: Vision 2030,…
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Oman’s Diplomacy Tested: Neutrality in a Region at War
For decades, the Sultanate of Oman cultivated a foreign policy built on sustained neutrality and active mediation. Under Sultan Qaboos…
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North Africa’s Economic Fragility: War in the Gulf Exposes Structural Weaknesses
North Africa entered 2026 with cautious economic momentum. Combined GDP growth across Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania had…
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The Converging Threats of Climate Change and War in Sudan
Environmental disasters affected hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan in 2025, and will only worsen in the coming years,…
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MBS’s Export of Wahhabism
Colonialism and imperialism have never required an army to be effective. If you take a quick look at history’s most…
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MENA in 2026: Policy Priorities for the Year AheadTIMEP’s nonresident fellows and senior associates explain, in a few words, what should be the policy focus in the MENA region in 2026.
The Middle East and North Africa region faces overlapping challenges in 2026 that will test its countries’ capacities to respond.…
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The Imperialist Push of Saudi Arabia Explained Through the Greater Horn of Africa
The moderation MbS champions is not a theological opening. It is the final stage of an imperial project begun with…
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Tunisia and Egypt: The IMF Trap Door
Two of North Africa’s largest economies are caught in different stages of the same structural problem. Egypt is deep inside…
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Sudan’s Expanding Famine: Hunger as a Weapon of War
Sudan is now the site of the world’s most severe humanitarian emergency. Famine conditions have been confirmed in El Fasher…
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The killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is the end of a political era in Libya
Saif al-Islam wielded little influence over the current running of the state. But his presence was still a political and…
