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The Chinese government has published its first Arab Policy Paper, which calls for greater political, economic and security cooperation with the region that is Beijing’s main supplier of petroleum and seventh largest trading partner.  The document, released ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Egypt, paints cooperation in broad …

Plummeting oil prices may challenge the established geopolitical status-quo and even result in war and turmoil, experts warn. Will the petroleum-centric world of the past half-century be restored again soon? The current slump in oil prices has affected giant oil corporations and the ancillary businesses; it also threatens to undermine …

The Indonesian President called the series of exlosions in Jakarta which have taken the lives of at least six people a terrorist act.  Indonesian President Joko Widodo has classified the explosions that were carried out in the country’s capital of Jakarta on Thursday as a terrorist act. “Our nation and our people …

It is assumed in many European capitals that Moscow is more focused on the outcome of the proposed transitional process in Syria than it is on the future of Assad. This sounds logical. Mr. Putin said several times that what is important is to prevent the collapse of …

Another additional flare in the Middle East crisis is evolving rapidly-the escalation between Saudi Arabia and Iran after the execution of a Shia cleric and 46 other Al Qaeda terrorists. The crisis which followed the executions is but the last reminder that the general regional crisis is indeed …

2016, bound to be a crisis year, is Barack Obama’s last year in office. It is also the year that will shape the security strategy for the next president. The civil war in Syria and the terrorist threat from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq will test …

Olivier Decottignies and Soner Cagaptay Having a permanent military foothold in the Gulf will put Turkey in an elite group of powers, but more presence also means more exposure, whether to Saudi-Iranian tensions or other local crises. In December, Ankara announced that it will establish a new military …

David Schenker, Sarah Feuer, Vish Sakthivel, and John P. Entelis This series of articles sheds light on regional actors outside the tired authoritarian-versus-Islamist narrative and provides suggestions for how best to cultivate and preserve this limited resource during this critical time of transition. Concern about the political direction …

Dennis Ross By taking an overcautious approach in Syria, the president has highlighted America’s failure to have an open discussion about the real strategic lessons of the Iraq war. Few issues have confronted President Barack Obama with tougher dilemmas than Syria. Over the course of the nearly five …