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Foreign Aid as Statecraft: Muslim Donors in the Horn of Africa

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract Muslim states are often assumed to disburse foreign aid based on religious identity, but this does not explain the policies of Türkiye, the UAE, and Qatar toward the Horn of Africa. This article contends that aid decisions among these donors are driven primarily by geopolitical interests rather than religious solidarity or regime type ...
Yunus Turhan
wiley   +1 more source

Representing national images of self and others through China's diplomatic discourse: A corpus-based study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Pan F, Li W, Li T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Qatar and Iran: Market Access Under Geopolitical Conflict

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract The Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have exposed the fragility of globally interconnected gas systems. States’ natural‐gas export performance is often explained by resource endowments and national strategies, but this overlooks the conditions affecting how energy reaches markets.
Ahmet Hakan Özkan
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating global health diplomacy: challenges and opportunities in building a community of practice. [PDF]

Global Health
Rosenbaum P, Rehn C, Wennberg K, Nordström A, Alfvén T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Iran's Gas Sector in Conflict: Infrastructure Vulnerability & Market Implications

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract This article examines the structural vulnerability of Iran's natural gas sector under conditions of conflict, focusing on the March 2026 strikes on the South Pars/Asaluyeh complex. Despite holding the world's second‐largest reserves and ranking among the top producers, Iran's gas system is characterized by high infrastructure concentration ...
Umud Shokri
wiley   +1 more source

High expectations: Civil society participation in conflict early warning and response systems of the AU, ECOWAS and IGAD. [PDF]

S Afr J Int Aff
Aeby M.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Türkiye‐Qatar Partnership: From Ottoman Roots to Strategic Alliance

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract As Qatar, a small country in a strategic location, faced a pressure campaign from Gulf states in 2017, Türkiye expanded its military presence and provided support that proved crucial to Doha's ability to overcome the crisis. This demonstrated Türkiye's new grand strategy, its capacity to project influence into the Gulf, and its status as a ...
Ismail Köse, Fatma Alghussein
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Deterrence of Middle Powers in Great Power Rivalry: The Case for Indonesia. [PDF]

F1000Res
Purboadji A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
wiley   +1 more source