Selin Nasi | 01 September 2020 | TR | AR
Escalating political tensions that are sparking fears of a hot conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean go beyond a competition to control energy and natural resources. Instead, the tensions reflect a multilayered, geopolitical power struggle [...]
Sinan Ulgen | 01 September 2020 | TR | AR
German mediation between Turkey and Greece should be considered as a serious diplomatic engagement. Traditionally, the US has acted as a mediator and facilitator in disputes between Ankara and Athens. However, nowadays under the [...]
Mitat Celikpala | 01 September 2020 | TR | AR
The East Med gas has been defined as a positive game-changer for almost last two decades. Those resources are presumed to be newly introduced elements or factors that would change the existing energy equation, distribution, or situation through cooperation in the Mediterranean and even in the Middle East and Europe.
Thembisa Fakude | 28 August 2020
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia continues to create political tensions between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. The GERD is a $4 billion hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia about 15 km east of the border from Sudan (1). The construction of the dam started in 2011.
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Giorgio Cafiero | 18 August 2020 | TR | AR
The Changing Balance of Power in USA-UAE Relations Since power in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was consolidated into the hands of Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), he has become the [...]
Sanaa El Banna | 16 July 2020
Egypt's Securitized Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic The novel Covid-19 virus was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Widely reported as originating in Wuhan (China) in late 2019, [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 15 April 2020
The Making Of The Post-Pandemic International Order Moments in world history which establish or destroy international order are usually unleashed by the same events. Of them, war is the most consequential phenomenon. Next to [...]
Tamer Badawi | 05 April 2020 | TR | AR
The pandemic is likely to have positive and negative impacts on Iran's regional influence Iran has become a regional epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with a myriad of impacts on the country and the region. [...]
Sinan Hatahet | 05 April 2020 | TR | AR
With a limited capacity to treat just 6500 COVID-19 cases at one time, the Syrian health infrastructure is not equipped to handle any major outbreak of the virus. Since the announcement of the first case [...]
Omer Aslan | 05 April 2020 | TR | AR
We should note the absence of any pretense to coordinate national responses at the regional level —whether in the GCC or Arab League (or at the transregional level of even the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)).
