Category: Middle East & North Africa
45 Articles
- Middle East & North Africa
Small State Empowerment Through Power Competition: Qatari Hedging Between Iran and Saudi Arabia
A small peninsula nation in the Persian Gulf, Qatar geostrategically straddles Iran and Saudi Arabia’s power competition in the Middle East. Qatar navigates this…
April 18, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
No Military Solutions in the Middle East? There Just Might Be
“There is no military solution to this conflict” is probably one of the most recognized lessons-turned-dicta in Middle East politics. And this is for good reason. Most…
January 23, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Middle East & North Africa
Drought in the Land of Plenty: The Impacts of Climate Change on Iraqi Security
Historically known as the land of the two rivers—the Tigris and the Euphrates, modern-day Iraq was the cradle of human civilization. The fertile soils of its rivers were where…
January 18, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
A Pivot From Lebanon: Israel’s Renewed Focus on Syria
On November 27, 2024, at 4:00 AM, a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, brokered by the United States and France, was announced to take effect. The same day …
January 10, 2025
- 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