Deniz Baran | 31 August 2020
In an attention-grabbing statement on June 20th, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi claimed that his country had “a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and defend itself after receiving direct threats from terrorist militias and mercenaries
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.
Larbi Sadiki | 26 August 2020 | AR | TR
Under a cloud of uncertainty, Tunisians have been awaiting the formation of a third government since the fall 2019 elections. This article discusses the failure of both political parties and politicians at bargain politics or enacting
Mohammad Pervez Bilgrami | 21 August 2020
The geographic concept of the Indo-Pacific, spanning the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, has now become a new policy of India’s power projection through its military
Mona Alami | 20 August 2020
A massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, killing at least 170 people and injuring another 6,000. The explosion cast light on Lebanon’s decay. Forty years after the end of the [...]
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 
Giorgio Cafiero | 18 August 2020 | AR | TR
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 [...]
Nikolay Kozhanov | 06 August 2020 | TR
The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the hydrocarbon producers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is raising serious questions about the need to change the focus of Gulf energy security from
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 29 July 2020
COVID-19 has spread rapidly in Yemen, although this has gone largely under-reported. The health system in the country has collapsed due to five years of war
Ahmed Mohsen | 20 July 2020 | AR | TR
The role of governments in managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is what determines the outcomes in each country, among other significant factors
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 20 July 2020
The MENA region, which has been undergoing a significant transformation ever since the start of the Arab Spring, faces multidimensional security threats ranging from the flourishing of armed non-state actors to the divergent interest of regional and international powers
