Governance

Albukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.

The impacts of South Sudan’s cross-border agreement with Khartoum.

In the Iraqi governorate of Nineveh, contestation between its capital Mosul and rural communities sits alongside other ethnic, religious and sectarian...

Carnegie’s Ahmed Nagi discusses his recent trip to Yemen and shares his impressions of the Houthis’ expansion.

The G5 Sahel Joint Force shows that improvised security initiatives are becoming more common in Africa.

The Yemen war has opened a subtle but acute season of popular discontent and regional rivalry in Mahra, stuck in a three-players game among Saudis, E...

In Mahrah Governorate, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are working to curtail Omani influence.