Syndication Bureau
Commentary and Analysis on the Middle East

Syndication Bureau is an opinion and analysis syndication service focused on the Middle East, providing its subscribers with insights from writers who have deep expertise on the region.

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Joseph Dana, based between South Africa and the Middle East, is editor-in-chief... read more

Suha Ma’ayeh is a journalist based in Amman, Jordan. read more

Armand Arton is the founder and president of Arton Capital, which issues The... read more

Alexandra de Cramer

Alexandra de Cramer is a journalist based in Istanbul. read more

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is a UAE-based columnist. read more

Simon Allison is the Africa editor for the Mail & Guardian in Johannesburg. He... read more

Rasha Al Joundy

Rasha Al Joundy is a senior researcher at the Dubai Public Policy Research... read more

Haid Haid is a research fellow at the International Center for the Study of... read more

Faisal Al Yafai

Faisal Al Yafai is currently writing a book on the Middle East and is a... read more

Nikola Mikovic is a political analyst in Serbia. His work focuses mostly on the... read more

Melissa Gronlund

Melissa Gronlund is a writer on art based in Abu Dhabi and London. Her writing... read more

Christian Le Miere

Christian Le Miere is founder of Arcipel, a strategic advisory firm based in... read more

Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Hagar Hajjar Chemali is founder and CEO of Greenwich Media Strategies, which... read more

Omar Lamrani is a geopolitical analyst who specializes in conflict analysis and... read more

Michael Jennings

Michael Jennings is Reader in International Development at the School of... read more

Alexa Mena is a writer for the online health and fitness magazine,... read more

Nour Samaha is a researcher and analyst based between Beirut and London. As a... read more

Nibras Kazimi is the author of “Syria Through Jihadist Eyes: A Perfect... read more

Hasan Alhasan is a PhD researcher at King’s College London and the National... read more

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Hussain Abdul-Hussain is the Washington bureau chief of Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai... read more

James M Dorsey is a senior fellow at Singapore’s S Rajaratnam School of... read more

Adnan Z Amin is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and... read more

Henri J Barkey is the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh... read more

Kirk H Sowell is a political-risk analyst and publisher of the biweekly... read more

Issandr El Amrani

Issandr El Amrani oversees the International Crisis Group’s North Africa... read more

Yun Sun is director of the China program and co-director of the East Asia... read more

Dnyanesh Kamat is a political analyst who focuses on the Middle East and South... read more

Haifa Ahmed AlMaashi

Haifa Ahmed AlMaashi is director of geostrategic studies at the Dubai Public... read more

Ann Marie McQueen

Ann Marie McQueen, based in Abu Dhabi, is a freelance journalist working in... read more

Rym Tina Ghazal

Rym Tina Ghazal is a peace ambassador, thought/youth leader, documentarian,... read more

Nick Leech is a writer and qualified landscape architect who specializes in the... read more

Jean-Francois Seznec

Jean-François Seznec is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins’ School of... read more

Jalel Harchaoui

Jalel Harchaoui teaches geopolitics at the Université de Versailles and... read more

Martin Newland is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph in London, The... read more

Ellen Laipson is director of the international security program at the Schar... read more

John B Sheldon is chairman and president of ThorGroup, a technology-policy... read more

Emily Hawthorne

Emily Hawthorne is a Middle East and North Africa analyst at Stratfor. read more

Marc Holtzman is chairman of CBZ Holdings, the largest financial institution in... read more

Afshin Molavi is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns... read more

Michael Ayari is the International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Tunisia. read more

Reem Kassem is conducting research on how art and culture can be used to... read more

Begum Toprak is a nom de plume of a Turkish journalist living in Istanbul. read more

Robin Mills is CEO of Qamar Energy, and author of “The Myth of the Oil... read more

Neil Hauer is a security analyst based in Tbilisi, Georgia. His work focuses on... read more

Steve Tsang is professor of Chinese studies and director of the China Institute... read more

Robert Nichols, based in Dubai, is the managing director of 3M Middle East and... read more

Anthony McAuley

Anthony McAuley has been a financial journalist for more than 30 years, working... read more

Greg C. Bruno is the author of “Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s... read more

Ellen R Wald is a historian, policy expert and business consultant. She is the... read more

Ömer Taşpınar

Ömer Taşpınar is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a... read more

Maysa Jalbout is the founding CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for... read more

Faisel Pervaiz is an analyst on South Asia based in Austin, Texas. He has... read more

Hasan Selim Ozertem

Hasan Selim Ozertem is an Ankara-based political analyst. read more

Burcu Ozcelik is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. read more

Hassan Hassan is a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy... read more

Effie-Michelle Metallidis

Effie-Michelle Metallidis is a technology and media strategist in Los Angeles,... read more

Jasmine El-Gamal

Jasmine El-Gamal is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where... read more

Jonathan Gornall

Jonathan Gornall is a British journalist, formerly with The Times, who has... read more