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Syria: the Future of the State of Uncertainty
The Syrian-Iraqi Border: Reshaping the Geopolitical Space of the Middle East
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Real clear world: A former terrorist inside the white house
Op-Ed
NYT: The President and A Former Terrorist Meet at the White House
Syria: the Future of the State of Uncertainty
The Syrian Unity Predicament: Files of Sovereignty, Security, and the Kurdish Issue
The Palestinian–Israeli Conflict
Trump’s Plan: Second Phase Scenarios
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The Need for Arab Think Tanks
In a region suffering from “knowledge crisis” like ours, focusing attention on think tanks is an urgent necessity. The following article highlights the importance of such institutions, especially with regard to the production of new "political knowledge" based on evidence-supported facts, as well as their contribution to providing solutions to decisionmakers.
US--Syria Relationship: When will it be straightened out?
The election of a new US president raises hundreds of questions about his foreign policies on some issues, most notably the Syrian crisis. This article reviews the history of US-Syrian relations, the tensions between them, and the way in which the two countries deal with each other.
The Tense Political Landscape in Tehran
Iran post-Islamic Revolution is characterized by a political movement unprecedented in the region, in terms of the intensity of political polarization on the one hand, and its interaction with the structure of the theocratic system in institutional terms on the other. What does it look like in Iran in light of the qualitative changes taking place at the regional and international levels?
Yemen: The Road to Reconciliation
The following position paper foresees the future of the reconciliation in Yemen in light of some of the changes that have taken place during the past 6 years. It also reviews the most prominent local obstacles to real stability in the country.
UAVs and Future Threats
The world is witnessing a huge leap in the development of military tools used in various conflicts. UAVs are one of the most prominent modern tools that have changed the concepts of conventional force as well as financial and human costs on battlefields. It has been widely used by regular armies, armed groups and terrorist organizations, besides the fact that their threats increase when they are used to serve terrorist attacks within urban areas. This report examines the new dynamics of such technology and the risks of its negative uses to the national security of countries.
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ISIS's Return to Iraq: Incitements and Obstacles
This reading assesses the most important strengths and weaknesses related to the capabilities of ISIS in Iraq. It also looks forward to the behavior of this terrorist organization and whether it is able and willing to expand again, as it did in mid-2014.
The ideology of political Islam between the succession of the Sultan and the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
How is the ideology of political Islam being used today? How does the political use of Islam threaten the region and the region?
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Europe in Biden Era: Increased International Presence or Retreat under US Umbrella?
This strategic analysis looks ahead to the future of US-European relations under Biden after four years of deepening strategic contradictions between the two sides of the Atlantic. It also discusses whether "European independence" is practical in the world order.
World Monetary Fund: What Does 2021 Hold for Us?
International institutions involved in economic and financial affairs are monitoring and interpreting the negative effects on the global economy as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The following lines provide a glimpse of the IMF's projections of the progress of the global economy in 2021.