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France/Turkey – France vs. Turkey in the EastMed: A Geopolitical Rivalry between a “Keeper” of the Old Order and a Challenging Emergent Power (IFRI)

Jana JABBOUR The Franco-Turkish standoff in the Eastern Mediterranean is a geopolitical contest for power that plays out on multiple fronts: Libya, Syria, Lebanon. Ankara’s expansive...

Saudi Arabia/Iran – Saudi-Iranian Dialogue: Toward a Strategic Change? (INSS)

Yoel Guzansky, Sima Shine The meetings reported in recent weeks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are a new development in the relations between the two countries,...

Morocco’s Battle against Islamic Jihadi Terrorism (JCPA)

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah Jihadist terrorist cells have found fertile ground in Morocco in which they grow and develop into not only a real...

Iran – What the Recently Leaked Recordings Reveal About Iran (BESA Center)

Yaakov Lappin A recently leaked audio recording featuring Iran’s foreign minister lamenting the dominance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in setting Iranian policies provides new...

Egypt/Turkey – Sisi’s Egypt Has the Upper Hand Over Erdoğan’s Turkey (BESA Center)

Hillel Frisch The foreign policy of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a combination of imperialism and Muslim Brotherhood sentiment, was most visible in his moves...

Modern infectious diseases: Macroeconomic impacts and policy responses (VOXEU)

David Bloom, Michael Kuhn, Klaus Prettner In addition to the devastating human toll, the economic upheaval wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the inextricable relationship...

Europe – The Janus’ face of Europe’s new social rulebook (VOXEU)

László Andor, Robin Huguenot-Noël In the midst of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the European continent, the European Commission released the Social...

Defence’s acquisition plan risks leaving ADF with stranded assets (The Strategist)

Marcus Hellyer In my previous article, I looked at the transition that’s underway in Australia’s electricity sector, driven by technological innovation. The electrical grid is moving...

Australia’s Pacific step-up needs to aim higher (The Strategist)

Michael Shoebridge In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his version of Australia’s ‘Pacific step-up’, which was about taking ‘our engagement to a new...

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