Dr Shiraz MaherHow to Make Peace in the Middle East
Read moreThose attempting to secure a diplomatic bargain between the United States and Iran should draw lessons from the historic peace…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
America’s Paradoxical War in Iran
Read moreLessons from the War on Terror and the Arab Spring suggest that President Trump’s siege of the Islamic Republic may…
Dr Shiraz MaherThe Fall of Ayatollah Khamenei
Read moreHe became the gravedigger of the revolution that he helped lead In many respects, the story of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Visions of a New Syria
Read moreEfforts to craft a new identity for Syria will mean little if its government cannot get a grip on spiralling…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Is the Islamic Republic on Borrowed Time?
Read moreThe troubled history of the Arab Spring sheds light on the fate of Iran’s uprising. It explains why the Islamic…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
A New Syria Struggles to be Born
Read moreA year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria’s new government confronts domestic challenges and geopolitical hazards. Syrians could…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Pervasive Mass Violence has Paralysed our Failing Government
Read moreAfter yet another murderous attack, it is time to overhaul our inadequate anti-terror regime. It has been an exhausting week,…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Manchester and the Jihadi War Against Jews
Read moreJihad al-Shamie emerged from a British subculture contaminated with violence. There was a depressing inevitability to the terrorist attack outside…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
The Contours of Trump’s Middle East Policy
Read morePresident Trump’s recent confrontation with Iran is consistent with his longstanding approach to the Middle East – to strengthen America’s…
Dr Shiraz MaherThe Rule is for None but Allah
Read moreA wide-ranging examination of Islamist rule across the world, from constitutional movements like Tunisia’s Ennahda to the violent rejectionism of…
