Category: Middle East & North Africa
31 Articles
- Intelligence & National Security
- Middle East & North Africa
- Technology
The Dehumanization of ISR: Israel’s Use of Artificial Intelligence In Warfare
“At 5 a.m., [the air force] would come and bomb all the houses that we had marked,” B. said, an anonymous IDF soldier. “We took out thousands of people. We didn’t go…
January 9, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
The Flag of Palestine Versus the Flag of Islam: Delineating Boundaries Within Islamist Terrorism
“Hamas is ISIS,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted following the October 7th Hamas attacks. This statement quickly gained traction, becoming a…
December 20, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
The Nuclear Kingdom: Assessing Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Behavior
Nuclear proliferation is on the brink of an unfortunate renaissance. Although Iran’s nuclear threshold status has dominated headlines, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has…
December 18, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
The Kurdish Question: What’s Behind Erdogan’s Policy U-Turn?
At the end of a parliamentary session in early October this year, Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli—a key ally of the ruling Justice and…
December 9, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
The Price of Posturing: How Domestic Audience Costs Fuel Israel-Iran Escalation
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran reveals a deadly paradox: though both nations might benefit from restraint, each is compelled by internal pressures to appear…
December 4, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
Strategic Ambitions: Russia’s Deepening Military and Geopolitical Footprint in Libya
The Wagner Group’s entrenched and increasingly overt operations in Libya reflect Russia’s strategic challenge to Western influence and its ambition to solidify its…
June 24, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
Beyond Conflict: The Ripple Effect of Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
On October 19, 2023, the U.S.S. Carney intercepted three Houthi cruise missiles and several drones in the Red Sea. The missiles were launched from Yemen and…
April 9, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
Oceans Are Now Battlefields: The Houthis, Israel, and the Limits of U.S. Military Power
At around 9:00 PM EST on January 11, news agencies around the world began reporting that the U.S. and five of its allies struck at least twelve military targets in…
January 12, 2024
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Middle East & North Africa
A New Century: Turkey’s Pursuit of Regional Economic Power Upon its 100th Anniversary
On October 29th, Turkey celebrated the 100th anniversary of its establishment as a secular, Western-facing nation. However, since Ataturk’s founding of the…
December 18, 2023
- Defense
- Middle East & North Africa
A Growing Liability: Reevaluating U.S. Deployments in Iraq and Syria
Since the start of the Gaza Crisis nearly two months ago, Iranian-backed proxies have subjected approximately 3,400 American troops in Iraq and Syria to an almost constant…
December 7, 2023