Military & Security

Antonia Dimou Nowadays, there is a growing awareness of the geopolitical importance of the East Mediterranean in its own right, as an arena with explicit dynamics of cooperation, competition, and conflict. It has all the characteristics of a distinct region, which however interacts and functions in complementarity with …

James Dorsey It took Arab and Muslim leaders 35 days of war to call an ‘emergency’ meeting to discuss Israel’s assault on Gaza. Their limited ability to influence developments was on public display when they finally gathered this weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh. So were the differences …

Nadia Hilmi We can understand and analyze the Prime Minister’s conference in Sinai, in the presence of all political factions and artists, and its implications regarding the Palestinian issue and the protection of Egypt’s national security, with an analysis of the Prime Minister’s visit to the 101st Battalion, …

Adam Arthur Readers of Foreign Affairs and similar publications will notice a particular pattern that plagues the frequent discussions of the American-led world order in policy circles. Specifically, in envisioning U.S. global leadership as a “Liberal Leviathan” that seeks to pursue hegemony or to maintain order over an …

Edward Salo Because of the rise of isolationism in Western nations, many nations that looked to the West for security protections began to work with China and other regional powers, like Iran, Brazil, or India, for security agreements. In this scenario, I project that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict could …

Farah Jan and Emma Robinson Nurturing innovative startups in the DoD ecosystem is more challenging than it ought to be. In an evolving world where the speed of tech development is increasing rapidly, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) finds itself increasingly behind. Even though the DoD recognizes …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh You do not need to be a Palestinian to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Every Arab and every free person in the world has a story with Palestine. For 75 years, when it has been at the heart of the event, it …

Daouda Cisse Increasingly, China’s political influence in Africa is deepening. Such an influence is reinforced through Beijing’s political, economic, and foreign policy mechanisms and strategies as well as diplomacy. While China’s political and economic engagement in Africa remains the backbone of Africa-China relations, diplomacy is the main foreign …

Kester Kenn In the month of October, Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov as well as Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and others began talking broadly about peace in the Middle-East. There were strong calls for the United Nations to …