Experts from across Chatham House look at the key challenges and achievements of the 39th president of the United States.

In fact, the scale of the challenge facing Syria is greater than that which confronted Libya in 2011. Libyan leader Muammar ...

The fall of the Assad regime has damaged Russian interests far beyond Syria. First, the collapse is a serious blow to Russia’s reputation as a reliable ally capable of guaranteeing the survival of its ...

No other crisis has redefined Turkey’s place in regional and international politics as much as the Syrian conflict. Turkey shares its longest land border with Syria, over 900 km. Syria is therefore ...

Women’s rights organizations and feminist activists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to live in a political culture of impunity and with increased violent backlash on their ...

Assad’s departure could help Turkey become a key point of transit for natural gas. But renewable energy may offer the more promising avenue for cooperation with a new Syrian regime. Europe’s leaders ...

With a general election imminent, it is already clear that the next UK government will take office in an immensely challenging environment for foreign policy. From wars in Gaza and Ukraine to concerns ...

Assad’s departure could help Turkey become a key point of transit for natural gas. But renewable energy may offer the more ...

The fall of Assad’s regime is an opportunity for Western powers to right some of their wrongs in Syria and restore faith in ...

As Europe deals with a series of ongoing crises – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the rise of populist nationalism and increasingly difficult economic challenges – along comes another: the re-election ...

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme and UK in the World Programme Bashar al-Assad has been here before. The fall of Aleppo last week in many ways resembles similar lightning ...