Middle Eastern monarchies in Sudan’s war: what’s driving their interests: The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict pits the Sudanese Armed Forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a quest for political and economic power. The situation has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian …
Europe’s microstates: the medieval monarchies that survive in our midst: San Marino is one of four microstates with very distinct constitutional arrangements. Shutterstock/kavalenkava Continental Europe is home to four microstates with populations of between 30,000 and 80,000 people: Andorra, on the border between France and Spain; Liechtenstein, nestled between Switzerland and Austria; Monaco, which sits …
Middle Eastern monarchies: how do Arab ruling families hold on to power?: When the Jordanian royal family gathered on April 11 to celebrate 100 years since the kingdom’s foundation, it was a picture of dynastic unity. Alongside King Abdullah was his half-brother, the former crown prince Hamzah bin al-Hussein, who had only days ago been …