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Washington and Tehran: Negotiations Under the Hammer of Military Buildup
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Iraq Between Geopolitical Challenges and Strategic Opportunities
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The Syrian-Iraqi Border: Reshaping the Geopolitical Space of the Middle East
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Amman's Approach to the New Washington
Having experienced an unusual relationship with the Trump administration on Jordan’s role on a number of issues, could some of the measures and amendments that Jordan may take help reset the pace of US-Jordanian political relations, with a new Democratic US administration?
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?
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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.