Derasat’s Surveys & Opinion Polls Directorate has announced a new survey that will map the pros and cons of video games and their effects on children, adolescents and youth. The study will survey a large segment of individuals aged between 10 and 18 years to identify and record practices and patterns in playing video games.
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.
Under the patronage of His Excellency Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Minister of the Royal Court, Derasat celebrated its tenth anniversary on December 14th, held under the theme “from vision to reality”.
On a recent visit to Derasat, a delegation from the American Jewish Committee was briefed on the Center’s activities and mutual interests discussed.