Following the recent opening in Egypt of the largest military base on the Red Sea, Dr. Ashraf Keshk examines the reasoning behind the new base and its likely contribution to national and regional security.
Strategic & International
President Trump is demanding that NATO play a larger role in Middle East security; Dr. Ashraf Keshk looks into how this could be realized and at previous US demands for greater engagement from NATO.
Countries bordering the Red Sea or Gulf Of Aden recently signed a charter activating a new ‘Council of Arab and African Coastal States of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden’; Dr. Ashraf Keshk considers the new Alliance and its potential impacts on the security of the region.
The assassination of Qasem Soleimani has thrown the need to increase regional security measures into the spotlight – Dr. Ashraf Keshk discusses what sort of measures are needed and where focus should be.
At the Istanbul NATO Summit in 2004, the GCC countries were invited to form a partnership with NATO in the framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, which aimed at enhancing security and stability throughout the region. Dr. Ashraf Keshk looks back at the history of the initiative and at the various successes and future challenges.
Following the signing of the GCC Unified Military Headquarters Agreement on 22nd December, 2019 in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ashraf Keshk discusses the importance of this agreement, likely impacts and challenges.
The recent 8th edition of the Atlantic Dialogues organised by the Policy Center for the New South in Morocco was held under the theme, ‘The South in times of turmoil’. Dr. Ashraf recaps the main topics discussed during the 3-day event and looks at the challenges and diversity of viewpoints.
A timely report on Blockchain by Derasat analyst, Dr. Fatima AlSubaei, has now been published by the Cyber Program at the Middle East Institute, USA. The report is available in both Arabic and English at the below link……….
A research study on why global suicide bombing rates are decreasing, that examines the motivations for perpetrating these forms of attack and how the Arab Gulf states stand to benefit from the decline.
A recent interview with Dr. Fatima Alsebaie on Bahrain TV International (English) discussed the participation of women in the Information Technology field in Bahrain.