Al-Qaeda’s Attempted Takeover of Mali: Today a Blow to Russia, Tomorrow a Global Threat
For global policymakers and security analysts, Saturday, 25 April should have marked the beginning of a quiet weekend — a hoped-for respite…
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The Gulf’s reckoning
For decades, the Gulf states perfected a delicate policy: keeping one foot in the American security umbrella while extending the other toward…
Getting the Ball Rolling: Morocco Leverages Its World Cup Role for Infrastructure and Image
While geopolitical friction in the Strait of Hormuz continues to dominate global headlines and policy agendas, a quieter and more promising transformation…
Tehran, We Have a Problem: Iran’s Grim Post-War Outlook
During the Iran war, Tehran’s official messaging sought to project resilience on the home front, while broadcasting defiance of its enemies to…
The Iran War Through Sunni Eyes: Tehran’s Image Declines Amid Attacks on Neighbours and Sectarianism
The war between Iran, the United States and Israel saw reluctant neighbouring nations pulled into a war they had little desire to…
Sudan’s Civil War Risks Regional Spread Amid Global Indifference
A drone strike on a hospital levelled the facility and killed 70 medical professionals and patients, including children. Around two million people…
Courting a Divided Libya: Foreign Powers Eye Energy Security in Fractured North African State
Libya emerged from the Arab Spring as one of the most battered states in the region, making headlines for all the wrong…
Crude Awakening: The New Oil Crisis
Since February 28th, Iran has been engaged in a violent attempt to export its own economic misery. By lobbing drones and missiles…
Strategic Patience or Wilful Bystander? Examining the Houthi Hesitancy towards Iran
Nearly a month into the armed confrontation between Iran and its American and Israeli adversaries, a widening cast of Middle Eastern and…
Is Iran’s Military Fracturing? Signs of Strain in War with the US and Israel
As the war between Iran, the United States and Israel continue, one of the most consequential and contested questions is whether Iran’s…