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US Retreat from the Middle East and the Future of Global Leadership
One after another, US leaders bring the academic and intellectual community into a state of uncertainty when seeking to approach their global slogans about the US return to world leadership, coinciding with consensus on the apparent state of exhaustion as a result of the intervention in the Middle East, and amid calls and promises to withdraw from the region that is of great strategic and geopolitical weight. Thereupon, the following article examines the premise that the US retreat from the Middle East ends any chance of leading the world and threatens the pillars of the post-Cold War world order.
A Glimpse into the Libyan Economy after Political Consensus
Almost a decade after political and security instability, a new Libyan government was formed in March 2021 as a result of a UN-sponsored dialogue between political parties. It is self-evident that the political agreement, which some describe as non-solid, is not the last knot untied in the local Libyan conflict, especially in light of the large and complex economic challenges facing the State of Libya, to which this article is trying to give highlight.
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Syria's International Rehabilitation: What Is Next?
The following strategic assessment paper reviews Syria's position in the regional and international environments in light of the immediate changes that will inevitably cast a shadow over the situation in Syria. The paper also argues that the process of "rehabilitation" for the return of Damascus's diplomatic relations with the international community must be accompanied by "comprehensive local reconstruction" within a path that takes into account the political, economic, security and community aspects.
Hybrid Warfare and Bets of Victory and Defeat
The following article reviews the reality of the hybrid war between Israel and the Palestinian armed factions, taking the recent war in the Gaza Strip as an example, to demonstrate the importance of political dimensions as a long-term goal, and to highlight the economic and military damage suffered by the two parties as a secondary goal through which changes and the development of tools and deterrence in such a type of war are measured. The article relies on the findings of the literature and theories that dealt with these wars in their scientific and academic form based on objectivity.
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Dimensions of Turkey’s Utilization of Military Force in Regional Politics
Turkey has recently expanded its military footprint on various battlefields; Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan, raising questions about the existence of a new military and defense policy. This article tackles the Turkish utilization of military force in regional politics.
What is Behind Arab Ideologies' Decline?
Abandoning ideology or at least its intolerant aspects is an urgent necessity, because of the damage it has caused in the structure of our societies. Therefore, ideology should assume a historical responsibility to transcend backdated thought that has on no occasion been in the interest of people.
U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Innocent Syrians
Is the US Caesar Act, intended to protect civilians in Syria, achieving its intended goal? Or is it having the opposite effect, harming Syrians? And should the new US administration lift the economic sanctions included in this law?
Amman, Cairo, and Baghdad: Towards a pioneering development partnership
The following policy paper reviews the features of the upcoming partnership within the Amman-Cairo-Baghdad axis in light of regional and international developments, and defines the general theoretical framework governing its interactions. It also contains 22 recommendations to policy makers that can contribute to achieving the desired goals and ensure the sustainability of the axis for the coming years, enabling it to attract the support of regional and international powers for implementing development projects away from the widespread political polarization in the Middle East. This paper is to be followed by another paper on the tripartite partnership from a purely economic perspective in accordance with the macroeconomic indicators of each country, showing the most prominent economic elements on which to base the economic vision of the emerging axis.
Covid-19 in an Age of Risk
In an age of risk, we tend to ruminate upon the negative effects of our decisions and always find ourselves driven to make a computational relationship between the future and the present. What role has Covid-19 pandemic played in augmenting such state?