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The Double-Edged Sword in Cyber Warfare

Now technology evolves at a breakneck pace, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a double-edged sword. It is lamentable that, while AI has opened an astonishing panorama of possibilities across almost every sector, it has also found its way to the cybercriminal universe to fuel new, more professional, …

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Could the Gaza War Revitalize Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the Middle East?

In hindsight, there never was a perfect time to advance an arms treaty in the region. In October 2023, an Israeli member of the Knesset for the Likud party, Revital “Tally” Gotliv, called for the Israeli military to use the “Jericho Missile” (ballistic missiles developed by Israel since …

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Why the Donald Trump Shooting Won’t Change the Presidential Race

There was no time to waste. Former President Donald Trump sent out a fundraising appeal within hours of being targeted by an alleged shooter armed with an AK-47 named Ryan Wesley Routh at his golf course in West Palm Beach. Trump declared in his appeal, “I will NEVER …

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The United States continues to fail in the Middle East

Since October 7, 2023, the situation in the Middle East has again flared up after the Hamas attack on Israel. In response, Israel has been conducting disproportionate attacks on Gaza. The United States persistent military and diplomatic support towards Israel has been attributed to its strategic setback in …

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Expanding Proxy Warfare in the Middle East

The Recent missile launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis that targeted and reached central Israel is one of the crucial events, which weight cannot be measured by the lack of victims only. The recently fired surface-to-surface missile, launched from Yemen and capable of reaching the centre of the Israeli …

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Time to Reorganize the Rules of the Political Game

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh In politics, no one wants to be wrong, and memories often serve to remind us of what was predicted. On January 15, 2023, I wrote an article that was published in the London-based newspaper Rai Al-Youm and the American Geostrategic Media, titled: “The Jordanian …

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De-Dollarization: Trump’s Oversimplified Economic Strategy

Erika Larsson If Donald Trump secures the Republican nomination and wins the 2024 presidential election, he will inherit a world grappling with complex geopolitical challenges, particularly the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the volatile situation in the Middle East since October 2023. Trump’s task will not be easy. On …

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Can the Gaza Conflict Pave the Way for a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement in the Middle East?

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The recent Gaza conflict has brought nuclear weapons into regional conversations in a way not seen since the height of Cold War tensions. In October 2023, Israeli Knesset member Revital “Tally” Gotliv from the Likud party publicly suggested using the “Jericho Missile” and a “Doomsday” …

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Meet Michel Barnier, France’s Prime Minister-Designate

It took many weeks, but France may at long last finally be on the road to having a government. French politics divided into thirds The goal is to try to establish a functioning government to emerge after Macron’s folly of dissolving the National Assembly. The result was like …

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