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Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy

Dr. Muhammad Al Zawawy is currently working as a lecturer at the Middle East Institute, Sakarya University, Turkey, and was a head of the International Relations unit at Arab Center for Humanitarian Studies, Cairo, Egypt, and worked as a non-resident researcher at Al Bayan Center for Research and Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He authored and co-authored number of books, among which are “Sea of Fire: Rise of Dispute Catalysts in the Eastern Mediterranean”, “Egypt’s National Security: Challenges of Regional Environment after the Arab Spring”, and “Islamist in Egypt: Readings in their Classifications, Doctrines and Practice”. He obtained his Ph.D. from Middle East Institute, Sakarya University, with the thesis titled: “Geopolitical Transformations in The Middle East and Their Impact on Regional Coalition Building”, and his Master’s degree from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, with the thesis titled: “Security Issues in The Turkish European Relations and Its Impact on The Eastern Mediterranean”, and his BA from Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. His academic interests are geopolitics, alliances, Islamism, Eastern Mediterranean gas, and armament in the Middle East.

OPINION

Dilemma of the strong leader model: The coming referendum in Tunisia

by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
4 July 2022

After years of being praised for its post-revolution record of democratic transition, compared to other Arab Spring countries, Tunisia is now falling into the crisis of dictatorship once again. The democratically elected Tunisian president, a retired law professor, Kais Saied, is now almost individually drafting a new constitution that expands his authority over other state institutions while giving him an above-the-law status that puts him beyond accountability. He even disregarded

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The Dilemma of Turkish-Egyptian Relations

After years of estrangement between two of the major regional actors in the Middle East, the latest indications suggest a possible rapprochement between them. Since the July 2013 coup in Egypt, the two sides have been colliding; as the rivalry between them reached the point of being on the verge of a proxy war on Libyan soil. Can they reach a common ground in that zero-sum conflict? It is still

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by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
22 March 2021
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The Pope ends trip to Iraq in an attempt to extinguish flames of violence

In an attempt to fulfill peace in Iraq and elsewhere

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by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
8 March 2021
OPINION

Dilemma of the strong leader model: The coming referendum in Tunisia

by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
4 July 2022

After years of being praised for its post-revolution record of democratic transition, compared to other Arab Spring countries, Tunisia is now falling into the crisis of dictatorship once again. The democratically elected

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FOCUS

The Dilemma of Turkish-Egyptian Relations

by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
22 March 2021

After years of estrangement between two of the major regional actors in the Middle East, the latest indications suggest a possible rapprochement between them. Since the July 2013 coup in Egypt, the

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The Pope ends trip to Iraq in an attempt to extinguish flames of violence

by Muhammad Soliman Al Zawawy
8 March 2021

In an attempt to fulfill peace in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, the 84-year-old leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis made a rare visit to the war-torn country, aiming

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