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(Middle East) Incremental improvements in the Middle East (Kobi Michael, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where Magazine mets Kobi Michael, senior researcher at the Israeli INSS (Institute for National Security Studies) and editor of the think tank’s international prestigious journal Strategic Assessment, https://strategicassessment.inss.org.il/en/ INSS...

(Iraq) Kazimi and the Militias: Compromises Within the Framework of Iraq’s Political Movement (Farouq Youssef, Rasanah)

Following his appointment on May 7, 2020, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi was keen on visiting the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces...

(Australia) Securing the legal foundation for Australia’s intelligence agencies (Miah Hammond-Errey, The Interpreter)

The Richardson review, released last month, amounts to the most significant review of Australia’s intelligence legislative framework since the Hope Royal Commission on Intelligence and...

(UK/India) Are the UK and India Finally Getting Serious About Each Other? (Walter Ladwig, RUSI)

With the political focus in the UK dominated by both Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson may appear to be a surprising...

(UK) – A New Direction for the Ministry of Defence’s Budget? Implications of the November Spending Review (Malcolm Chalmers, RUSI)

Taking full advantage of the government’s decision to award the MoD a multi-year spending settlement will not be easy. The government has chosen to...

(Russia/Baltic Region) Russia’s strategic interests and actions in the Baltic Region (Heinrich Brauß, András Rácz, DGAP)

This report deals with Russia’s geopolitical objectives, policy and strategy, and their effects across the wider Baltic Region. The second part sums up NATO’s response...

(Europe) Europe after Brexit. One Continent, Two Systems (Roderick Parkes, DGAP)

In 2016, Brussels saw Britain’s vote to leave the EU as a threat. But since Boris Johnson took power in 2019, European officials have...

(Qatar) Unresolved Issues Remain as Qatar Blockade Ends (Anchal Vohra, ORF)

Three years after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt embargoed trade and travel with Qatar, the blockade was lifted at the Gulf...

(USA/(Indo-Pacific) Biden and the Indo-Pacific – Will regional powers shape America’s approach? (Kashish Parpiani, Pratnashree Basu, ORF)

US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, recently outlined the worldview of the incoming administration. In a televised interview, Sullivan...

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