In a recent visit to Egypt, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General, Nayef bin Falah al-Hajraf, noted the strategic and historical relationship with Egypt. This commentary looks deeper into the strategic importance of Egypt in maintaining a regional balance of power.
Commentary
With thousands of young Gulf nationals studying abroad, Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli suggests that by not integrating into local communities, opportunities for creating soft power are being wasted.
Improving the USA’s fiscal situation and encouraging environmental protection are unsustainable, and Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli argues that Biden needs to accept that protecting the environment cannot happen without painful sacrifices to living standards for all.
A discussion of the results of a recent collaborative report between Derasat and UNDP and the challenges that lie ahead for telemedicine.
What sort of changes might we see in policy towards Gulf – USA relations during President Biden’s term of office, or will policies remain constant with the change being seen more in approach as opposed to policy?
Although complex reasons are cited for variations between countries in Covid-19 deaths, Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli discusses an interesting correlation between countries devastated by past wars, and fewer numbers of Covid losses.
In this article, Dr. Ashraf Keshk discusses the usefulness of conducting virtual manoeuvres to improving capacity to react in warfare scenarios.
One of the lessons learned a year after the start of COVID-19 is that in the fight against future pandemics, we may have to choose between the suppression of the disease and the protection of people’s civil liberties.
An article that explains how the Corona Virus pandemic forced countries to review and transform their national security strategies.
An article highlighting the importance of maritime security in the Arab Gulf region and the close link to the regional balance of power, given the geostrategic location of the Arab Gulf States.