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Category: Middle East

Middle East

Why Israel-Sudan Normalization is Unlikely to Last

Posted onDecember 21, 2020December 22, 2020

Sudan has become just the third Arab country to normalize ties with Israel since 1994. Will normalization last? Photo Credit: Anthony Beck/Pexels Just over a …

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East Asia, Middle East, Nuclear & Unconventional Weapons

Arms for Oil: How North Korea and Iran Facilitate Each Other’s Security Strategies

Posted onDecember 1, 2020

North Korea launches a short-range missile, July 26, 2019. Photo Credit: BBC  The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) have …

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Middle East

The Abraham Accords: A Peace Deal in Name Only

Posted onOctober 23, 2020

Photo Credit: Bing.com President Trump’s acclaimed ‘peace deal’ in the Middle East may be historic, but only time will tell if it will bring any …

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Middle East

This Time is Different: Can Iraq Rein in the PMF?

Posted onOctober 2, 2020

Parade of Kata’ib Hizballah fighters. Photo Credit: Geopolitics News As the U.S. threatens to close its embassy in Baghdad, questions loom over the long-term status …

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Middle East

Reclaiming Security: The Time Has Come for a Progressive Israeli Security Agenda

Posted onAugust 26, 2020September 20, 2020

Demonstration against Israeli Government in Jerusalem, July 25 2020. Photo Credit: Gershon Diner, Mehazkim NGO public domain stockpile. Introduction The past year has been one of …

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Middle East

The Future Direction of Hezbollah

Posted onMarch 3, 2020

Hezbollah military parade in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, late 2014. Photo Credit: Al Jazeera/Getty. In the past year, Hezbollah has come to face a paradigm shift in …

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Europe, Middle East

The Russo-Turkish Alliance: With Friends Like These…

Posted onNovember 25, 2019November 23, 2019

Putin and Erdogan inspect Turkish troops in Ankara. Photo Credit: The Kremlin. In the Erdogan-Putin era of great power chauvinism, geopolitical ambitions run rampant. The …

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Middle East

Instability in Gaza: Assessing Hamas’s Grip on Power

Posted onNovember 4, 2019November 4, 2019

A Hamas election rally. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In late August, the Gaza Strip was rocked by a pair of suicide bombings that killed three …

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Middle East

US-Houthi Collaboration Can Defeat AQAP and ISIS in Yemen

Posted onOctober 31, 2019

Houthis protest against Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in September 2015. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Henry Ridgwell. In September 2019, the United States held direct negotiations with …

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Middle East

Instability & Opportunity: The Potential for an ISIS Comeback in Iraq

Posted onOctober 29, 2019October 27, 2019

ISIS militants. Photo Credit: AP While the territorial caliphate in Iraq has collapsed, ongoing issues within the country and recent protests provide opportunities that the …

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