by Gamal Gasim* | Mar 31, 2021 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
When a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states launched a military intervention against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 26, 2015, the Yemeni people had no idea that they were witnessing the beginning of the costliest conflict in their country’s long and...
by Ali Hashem** | Jan 12, 2021 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
A year after Iran’s most renowned general was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike, Tehran is still struggling to recover from the loss. While Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani left behind an entire bureaucracy called the Quds Force – the overseas operations arm of the...
by General (ret.) Joseph Votel** | Dec 28, 2020 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
As the commander of U.S. Central Command from 2016-2019, I was responsible for conducting military operations and supporting U.S. security policy in Yemen. These responsibilities mainly focused on the prosecution of our counter-terrorism campaign against al-Qaeda....
by Onur Sultan | Nov 11, 2020 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Introduction Although final election results have not been declared, vote counts show Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has been elected the 46th president of the US. In general, US elections are followed closely across the globe as the decisions and actions of the US...
by MENA Task Force | Nov 2, 2020 | Peace & Conflict Management, Policy Brief
MENA Task Force Brief by Emre Bilgin, Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Onur Sultan NOVEMBER 2, 2020| 14 min read Background On October 23, the UN has announced that military representatives of Libya’s warring parties agreed on a permanent...
