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Marwan Kabalan

Kabalan

Marwan Kabalan is a Syrian academic and writer. He holds a PhD degree in International Relations. He is the Director of Policy Analysis at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies.

On the attack against the Arab Centre

Attacks against the Arab Centre for Research and Policy are not new. What is new however, is the siding of Western institutions with anti-democratic forces writes Marwan Kabalan.

13 June, 2018

Putin's miscalculation in Syria

Comment: Putin's adventure in Syria will end up costing Russia more trouble than it's worth, argues Marwan Qabalan.

07 October, 2015

King Salman blocks Washington's new order

Comment: US foreign policy has shifted from direct intervention to a balancing of power in the world's trouble spots, argues Marwan Kabalan.

13 May, 2015

The Gulf needs policies, not reassurances

Comment: The US needs to start implementing ideas that support regional stability, argues Marwan Kabalan.

05 May, 2015

The Saudi response in Yemen: An 'expected surprise'

Comment: Increased Saudi resolve to confront Iran around the region lies behind the kingdom’s recent move against the Houthis in Yemen.

30 March, 2015

Saudi Arabia and the regional configuration of power

Comment: Since the Arab Spring, regional powers, especially Saudi Arabia, have been struggling to stay abreast of events and contain possible threats to their interests.

06 March, 2015

Iran shows strength, but has many weaknesses

Comment: Claims of a new age of Iranian hegemony are false - Tehran faces more challenges today than it has had for many years, says Marwan Kabalan.

09 February, 2015