Author: Christoph Ehrhardt

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Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria's leader Bashar Al-Assad at a Russian military base (photo: Reuters/SANA)

Russia's invasion of Ukraine

What impact on the Arab world?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has strengthened the position of a number of Arab countries; after all, the West is likely to need urgent access to their oil and gas. Nevertheless, the rentier states remain uneasy at the prospect. By Christoph EhrhardtMore

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Mourners in the Moroccan capital Rabat remember the victims of the Paris attacks (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/A. Senna)

Arab reactions to the Paris attacks

Uneasy bedfellows in the fight against IS

Across the Arab world, there has been round condemnation of the attacks in Paris, which are generally viewed as retribution for the West′s engagement with IS in Syria. In this conflict, however, the Arab states don′t make for easy bedfellows. By Christoph EhrhardtMore

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