Hilal Khashan
Hilal Khashan is a contributing analyst at Geopolitical Futures. He is a Professor of political science at the American University of Beirut and a respected author and analyst of Middle Eastern affairs. He is the author of six books, including Hizbullah: A Mission to Nowhere. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.) He is currently writing a book titled Saudi Arabia: The Dilemma of Political Reform and the Illusion of Economic Development. He is also the author of more than 110 articles that appeared in journals such as Orbis, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Middle East Quarterly, Third World Quarterly, Israel Affairs, Journal of Religion and Society, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, and The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
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As part of a push to diversify their economies away from fossil fuels, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have been making significant investments in sports events over the past decade. Last year, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund established a new golf league called the LIV Golf Invitational Series, as a rival to the […]
The Turkish Opposition’s Plan to Unseat Erdogan in 2023
Turkey is set to hold presidential elections in June 2023. They will come at a difficult time for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he struggles to deal with a...
Israel Calls Hezbollah’s Bluff
Earlier this month, the Israeli-contracted Energean Power gas rig reached the Suez Canal from Singapore on its way to the Karish gas field, located in a disputed maritime zone...
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The rise of the modern nation-state and established universal values has led to a reduction in political violence in many places across the globe. The Arab region, however, has...
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A year after the start of Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna, talks ended unsurprisingly without an agreement on the core issues. Although Iran needs to reach a deal to...
The Battle Over Syria
During the First World War, Britain and France agreed to partition the territory bordering northern Arabia, often called the Fertile Crescent, between themselves in anticipation of the Ottoman Empire’s...
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