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Sean Mathews

Sean Mathews is a geopolitical analyst and journalist covering business, security and politics in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. He has extensive experience working and reporting throughout these regions. He can be contacted at 96seanmathews@gmail.com.

Saudi women attend the Gitex 2018 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai on Oct. 16, 2018. Gitex (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is a consumer computer and electronics trade show.

Saudi Arabia buys into e-commerce

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Turkey looks to pull ahead of EastMed rivals in Libya

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Syria’s Armenian community resilient, but faces uncertain future

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Turkey looks to Cyprus to consolidate EastMed gains

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EDIRNE, TURKEY - MARCH 02: Three men hold a rope as they travel in an inflatable boat as they attempt to enter Greece from Turkey by crossing the Evros river on on March 02, 2020 in Edirne, Turkey. Thousands of refugees and migrants have flocked to the Greece, Turkey border after Turkey announced that it would open border gates for a period of 72hrs to allow refugees to cross into European countries after thirty three Turkish soldiers were killed in a Syrian air raid in Idlib. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Im

Turkish-Greek talks, all talk?

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This photograph taken on December 17, 2020 shows shows a physical imitation of a Bitcoin at a crypto currency "Bitcoin Change" shop, near Grand Bazaar, in Istanbul. - Leading virtual currency bitcoin on 16 December traded above $20,000 for the first time following a sustained run higher in recent weeks. Bitcoin reached a record-high $20,398.50 before pulling back to $20,145, which was still an intra-day gain of nearly four percent. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt offers fertile environment for fintech industry

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UAE joins Greek, Egyptian naval exercise in Eastern Mediterranean

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A picture taken on September 25, 2019 shows a view of the Cityscape Global exhibition 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the Gulf emirate. - Dubai, a city defined by its glittering towers and man-made islands, is stuck in a five-year property downturn with no end in sight, drawing warnings of an industry reckoning that will see weaker players fail. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

In a changing Middle East, Abraham Accords will usher in new era for technology

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Sisi talks Turkey, East Med tensions, in visit to Greece

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visit the Greek Naval frigate Salamis during their visit to the Naval Support Activity base at Souda, the foremost US naval facility in the eastern Mediterranean on the Greek island of Crete. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on September 29, 2020, concludes a two-day visit to Greece on with a tour of a strategically vital NATO base on a trip aimed at easing tensions between Greece and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.

Crete at center of converging, conflicting interests for Turkey, Greece in EastMed

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Catholic believers and clerics gather outside Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady to mark Palm Sunday in the capital Damascus in Bab Sharki, Old Damascus on April 14, 2019. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Athens reaches out to Syria via Greek Orthodox community

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