by Middle East Task Force | Dec 10, 2020 | Geopolitics, Geopolitics & International Security, MENA, Policy Brief
MENA Task Force Brief by Emre Bilgin, Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Onur Sultan, Ramazan Turkmen, Saban YUKSEL DECEMBER 09, 2020 | 12 min read Background Discoveries of new energy resources in the Mediterranean started a scramble for...
by Dr. Vira Ratsiborynska* | Aug 15, 2020 | Commentary, COVID-19, Geopolitics, Geopolitics & International Security
The 9/11 attacks redefined the global security context on terrorism and targeted violence. Similarly, COVID- 19 causes us to reconsider what composes a security threat. In the evolving security environment, it is essential to look beyond current realities and timely...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Jul 29, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & International Security
The current multifaceted crisis engulfing Lebanon has started a very dangerous political and economic shift that could have a disastrous effect on Lebanon’s Liberal economic model in the long run. Indeed, the liberal model, focusing on personal freedoms,...
by Erman Atak* | May 29, 2020 | Geopolitics & International Security, Research, War and Conflict
By Erman Atak* and Stefano Marcuzzi** Despite the growing number of Covid-19 victims in Libya in mid-May,[1] the civil war in the country is reaching new highs. The capital Tripoli has been under siege from the leader of eastern Libya-based self-styled Libyan...
by Amb.Nureddin Mazen* | May 28, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & International Security, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Slightly more than a year passed over start of retired General Khalifa Haftar’s attack on the Libyan capital, Tripoli. It was on April 4, 2019 exactly, a time when Libyans were awaiting the holding of the Libyan Forum on April 14, 2019 in the city of Ghadames as a...
by Dr. Seth A. Johnston** | May 19, 2020 | Geopolitics & International Security, Great Power Politics, Research
What’s New in European Defense? Europe is pursuing significant new defense initiatives that span capability development, policy, and institutional cooperation. Many of these efforts occur under the auspices of the European Union and are part of the EU’s longstanding...
