Op-ed | Iran Attack Shows Limits of Starmer’s ‘Trump-Whispering’
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
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Middle East and North Africa
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Webinar Takeaways | Forging New Futures: Looking Ahead at the MENA Region
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Op-ed | The First Election in The New Syria: A Missed Opportunity
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Expert Briefing: ‘Syria’s transition nine months on: Examining frameworks for international justice and accountability’
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
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Op-Ed: Hope amidst the rubble – Syria’s rebirth after Assad
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
War in Ukraine: The ongoing conflict has provided growing strategic opportunities for GCC states
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Two years on: Russia continues to weaponise and attack healthcare in Ukraine
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
The geopolitics of international climate diplomacy: A read-out from COP28
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Op-Ed: Accountability in Conflict – reflections from the inaugural meeting of the Syria Ukraine Network
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Op-Ed – Mona & Mahsa: 40 years apart what their deaths tell us about protecting the life and freedom of Iranians
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, Civil Society and the UK
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
International Women’s Day in Iran 2023
Ever since Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, Keir Starmer has had to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, he has sought to avoid open…
Publications
War in Ukraine: Reflections two years on
February 2024 marks a bleak anniversary, two years since the Russian invasion into Ukraine
19/02/24
War in Ukraine: Reflections one year on
February 2023 marks a bleak anniversary, a year since the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
24/02/23
Dividing Lines: Reimagining Social Division in ‘Divided Societies’
Read this SEPAD project and FPC publication.
19/07/22
Reset Required? Evaluating the Media Freedom Coalition after its first two years
The Media Freedom Coalition requires a 're-injection of energy' according to a new evaluation.
09/02/22
Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Struggle to Shape the Middle East
The fractious rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran and its impact on the Middle East.
12/11/18
Iran Human Rights Review: Due Process
This edition of the Iran Human Rights Review focuses on due process in the Iranian…
20/02/17
Iran Human Rights Review: Women and Human Rights
This latest IHRR issue focuses on women and their on-going struggle to access human rights…
17/10/16
Iran Human Rights Review: Economy
This IHRR issue focuses on the relationship between Iran’s human rights record and its economy.
13/06/16
Iran Human Rights Review: United Nations
This IHRR edition focuses on the relationship between Iran and the United Nations.
30/10/14
Iran Human Rights Review: Justice
This IHRR looks at injustice in the Iranian judicial system and society for citizens and…
09/09/14
Iran Human Rights Review: Violence
This IHRR addresses the issue of violence in Iran and how it is used at…
07/01/14
Europe in the World: Can EU foreign policy make an impact?
Examining how Europe is seen internationally and the effectiveness of the External Action Service.
12/02/13