Dr. Ashraf Keshk weighs alliance and partnership approaches between Arabian Gulf States and the United States, based on examples of missile defense support the latter provides them with, and the established and ongoing cooperation in joint operations.
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The impact of the Atlantic-Russian conflict on the Middle East in terms of political, military and economic terms, written by Dr. Ashraf Keshk.
An article by Dr. Omar Al-Ubaidli discussing about the future of European football super league
An article by Dr. Ashraf Keshk talking about the strategies that will focus on developing the mechanism of cooperation between Europe and the Arab Gulf States in various fields.
An article by Omar Al-Ubaydli talks about how OPEC must use the opportunity to modernize their image.
Between US President Joe Biden’s decision to ban Russian oil and gas imports into the United States starting from march 8, 2022 and the final statement of the European Union Summit march 10-11, 2022, which included the Leaders’ Agreement for Europeans to phase out their dependence on gas, oil and coal imports from Russia, the question arises: How can the energy issue reshape the global landscape in the short and long term?
Conflict between the world’s major powers is intensifying, and policymakers are actively disengaging their economies from those of their adversaries in an attempt to gain an advantage. While this tactic brings short-term gains, its long-term effect could be World War 3.
Why did the Ukrainian crisis develop so rapidly into the current situation? The well known version of the story is attributed to the expansion of NATO by annexing the republics of the former Soviet Union e.g. Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. But when that expansion reached the borders of Ukraine, we are facing the crisis of this magnitude… why Ukraine? To answer simply, Ukraine is a buffer state between major powers. What is a buffer state?