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Secessionism and Regionalism: The Case of South Yemen–and South Arabia?
The prolonged war in Yemen, which has been locked in a stalemate for a decade, has now entered a new stage. The Southern Transitional Council (STC), supported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a major player in the war in Yemen, was able to successfully penetrate the regions of Hadhramaut and Al Mahra , effectively controlling the official borders of the former People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) – South Yemen. The STC has been the sole representative of the souther
Naif Al Bidh
Mar 89 min read


The Gulf States and the New Middle East
I have recently written a piece for Europinion discussing the notion of a New Middle East emerging as a result of US foreign policy that...
Naif Al Bidh
Jul 15, 20254 min read


The Return of History: American Instruments of Expansion and the New Middle East
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In The Open Society and its Enemies Karl Popper spoke of "Social Engineering" as a tool applied...
Naif Al Bidh
Mar 22, 20259 min read


The Death of the Political Spectrum and the Rise of the Political Compass
The last decade has been a transformative one globally; whether it is the rise of a new multipolar order transforming our geopolitical reality; the acceleration of technological growth and its respective sociopolitical and economic implications; or the uncertainty of late stage capitalism, the world is definitely transitioning towards a new age which we might have glimpse of, albeit a blurry one. This apparent shift is also being felt in the political realm with the crisis in
Naif Al Bidh
Jan 29, 20258 min read


The Return of History and the Coming Clash
In the Summer of 1989, near the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama published his infamous thesis titled “ The End of History? ”....
Naif Al Bidh
Nov 16, 20244 min read
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