Post-Nuclear: The future for Iran in its neighbourhood
The prospect of a less isolated Iran may not be welcomed by some of its hardline neighbours
Experts & Staff
Fatima Ayub
ECFR Alumni · Former Associate Fellow
Biography
Fatima Ayub was an associate policy fellow for ECFR’s Middle East & North Africa programme.
Israel-Palestine Two State Stress Test
ECFR’s innovative project Two State Stress Test provides a health-check on whether developments across seven different areas are serving to strain or sustain a possible two-state outcome for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Gulf and sectarianism
How sectarian agendas shape the politics of the Middle East
A Westphalia moment at Geneva?
The most problematic component of political and strategic competition in the MENA region has been the cultivation and manipulation of sectarian agendas. The Geneva meetings over Iran's nuclear programme, however, may prove to be the beginning of the end to the region’s most troublesome conflict
What does the Gulf think about the Arab Awakening?
Understanding the influence of the Gulf States
Serious straits: why trouble looms in the Gulf
An understanding of the importance of the Gulf States is vital for explaining how the wider Middle East functions, thanks to their wealth, their energy resources, their geostrategic position, and their straddling of many of the MENA region's major faultlines.
Publications
Post-Nuclear: The future for Iran in its neighbourhood
The prospect of a less isolated Iran may not be welcomed by some of its hardline neighbours
The Gulf and sectarianism
How sectarian agendas shape the politics of the Middle East
What does the Gulf think about the Arab Awakening?
Understanding the influence of the Gulf States
Articles
A Westphalia moment at Geneva?
The most problematic component of political and strategic competition in the MENA region has been the cultivation and manipulation of sectarian agendas. The Geneva meetings over Iran's nuclear programme, however, may prove to be the beginning of the end to the region’s most troublesome conflict
Serious straits: why trouble looms in the Gulf
An understanding of the importance of the Gulf States is vital for explaining how the wider Middle East functions, thanks to their wealth, their energy resources, their geostrategic position, and their straddling of many of the MENA region's major faultlines.
Specials
Israel-Palestine Two State Stress Test
ECFR’s innovative project Two State Stress Test provides a health-check on whether developments across seven different areas are serving to strain or sustain a possible two-state outcome for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In the media
Fatima Ayub on the Egyptian elections
ECFR's Gulf Analysis is mentioned in Al Monitor.
ECFR's Gulf Analysis is quoted in this Economist article
ECFR's “Gulf Analysis” edited by Fatima Ayub is quoted extensively
Fatima Ayub piece on the failures of the West in Syria is published in Spanish