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The Middle East’s Complicated Engagement in the Horn of Africa

The Middle East’s Complicated Engagement in the Horn of Africa

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

By: Omar S. Mahmood

The Gulf states increased assertiveness in the Horn of Africa has garnered substantial attention of late, particularly the proliferation of military installations and ports and the increase in military and economic aid. Less attention has been paid, however, to the role Middle Eastern countries have played in attempting to resolve some of the Horn’s most intractable conflicts, efforts that in some cases pre-date the more recent security and economic engagements.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

USIP-Wilson Center Series on Arab Spring Impacts Concludes

USIP-Wilson Center Series on Arab Spring Impacts Concludes

Thursday, June 13, 2013

By: USIP Staff

In the last of a five-part series of papers and meetings on “Reshaping the Strategic Culture of the Middle East,” regional specialist Adeed Dawisha told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on June 12 that, contrary to some expectations, no clear political or ideological breach has opened up between the revolutionary states of the Arab Spring and the region’s status quo powers.

Type: Analysis

EnvironmentEconomics

Through a Glass Darkly? The Middle East in 2012

Through a Glass Darkly? The Middle East in 2012

Friday, January 13, 2012

By: Steven Heydemann

In a period of tremendous change in parts of the world, we are asking USIP leaders, from board members to senior staff and experts, to explain the effects that events abroad and here at home will have on the United States, and the contributions the Institute can and does make. Steven Heydemann is USIP’s senior adviser for Middle East Initiatives.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionReligion

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