Al Sharq Strategic Research | 18 December 2020
On the tenth anniversary of the Arab Uprisings, Al Sharq Strategic Research invites book reviews around the Uprisings and their aftermath. If you would like to contribute, kindly choose one of the books enlisted
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 11 December 2020
The Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar, the opponent of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli, which is backed by Ankara, announced on Monday evening that it had intercepted a Turkish ship flying the Jamaican flag. While Turkey strongly condemned this action, warning against targeting its interests in Libya.
Mona Alami | 11 December 2020
The Israel and Gulf countries’ normalization leaves Lebanon, already isolated, further marginalized at the regional level. Lebanon’s continuous domination by Hezbollah means that the country will be increasingly viewed as a growing security concern for Arab countries in the wake of the Abrahams accords, which will allow for more direct and covert coordination between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
Omer Aslan | 07 December 2020 | TR
For the last two years, several members of the League of Arab States (LAS) have taken incremental steps to bring Syria back under the LAS tent. Oman never cut diplomatic ties with Syria, and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain reopened their embassies in Damascus. Several other Arab states such as Algeria, Iraq, Tunisia, and Lebanon have been calling for Syria’s return to the League
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 04 December 2020
On November 30, the United States Ambassador to Greece confirmed that Greece requested to buy F-35 fighter jets. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt stated that “The United States, at the highest levels, has welcomed Greece’s interest in acquiring the F-35 for the Hellenic Air Force
Adem Yilmaz | 04 December 2020
Major General Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC-QF), was a figure of national resilience in Iran against four decades of U.S. pressure. Soleimani had an outsized role
Basheer Nafi | 26 November 2020
The United States’ presidential election were held along with the House of Representative and Senate elections on November 3. However, the result was not clear until November 6, when it became evident that the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, won the American presidency. The next day, November 7, major American media sources announced that the election had been decided in Biden’s favor.
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 25 November 2020
Turkish - Greek maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean has morphed into a conventional geopolitical confrontation between Turkey and a set of countries, including Greece, France, the UAE, and Egypt
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 23 November 2020
Hope for peace in Libya advanced after new United Nations (UN)-brokered Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission talks took place last month, aiming to establish a long-term ceasefire to the war-torn country. The agreement was signed in Geneva on October 23. 75 UN selected delegates joined talks in Tunisia on November 13 and “agreed that national elections should take place on December 24, 2021.”
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 23 November 2020 | AR | TR
For four years, the Trump administration’s policies towards the Middle East and North Africa region has brought more uncertainty and instability to an already unstable region. Approaching the highly complicated regional disputes within the narrow lens of arms deals or appeasing ultra-conservative political bases has had serious consequences. They have messed with the international principles of solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, created an unprecedented record of human rights violations and political repression, and saw the flaring up of the regional armed confrontations, to mention but few.
