The Middle East and North Africa

The conflicts and crises in the Middle East and North Africa are central themes in NUPI research on the region.

What roles do the emergent big powers play in these conflicts? How do great-power politics influence regional dynamics? These are central question that affect relations elsewhere around the globe, especially as regards energy issues. Developments in individual countries like Egypt, Syria and Iran are also followed closely by NUPI researchers, as are questions of the security situation in the area and how this is affected by actors and conflicts elsewhere in Africa.

Publications

November 19, 2014

Publications

Chapter

November 19, 2014

Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud, Karsten Friis

Revising COIN: The Stakeholder-centric Approach

News

September 30, 2014

News

September 30, 2014

Common interests, but no agreement

Having missed their deadline, the negotiators for an agreement on the Iranian nuclear weapons program are giving themselves until November 24 to agree. This is the topic for NUPI’s latest paper in the article series on the Iran nuclear agreement.