How coronavirus lockdowns can boost innovation?
As the slew of vaccines emerging in record time indicates, there is much truth to the maxim “necessity is the mother of all invention.” An article that explores how lockdowns can boost innovation.
Military and Security Crisis Management: The Aminas Gas Field as a Model
Crisis management of the 2013 takeover by an armed terrorist group of the Aminas gas field in Algeria, provides a model in responding to threats to national security.
Why does the Gulf lack female leaders?
An article that explores some recent research regarding the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in the Gulf, and stresses the importance of upgrading the quality of data gathered.
NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting: Between Domestic Reforms and Adversarial Identification
The ongoing conflicts between NATO members are rooted back to each countries’ involvement in wars throughout the years. An article commenting on the recent virtual meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Coronavirus: Why do people ignore COVID-19 deaths so easily?
Despite the enormous increase in the number of Covid-19 deaths, multiple outlets have reported that this pandemic has failed to produce a comparable emotional response to tragedies on a smaller scale.
Post-Corona: between a changing concept of security and rearrangement of power
As the pandemic recedes in some countries yet still rages in others, research centers are focused on analysing the post-Corona strategic fallouts and, as Dr. Ashraf Keshk points out, to the increased importance attributed to the allocation of state resources during such crises.
Russia to build a maritime logistics center in Sudan?
An article discusses the Russian approach, as it is not the first time that Russia has announced the establishment of naval military bases in the Middle East and the Arab region.
The 3rd Derasat Annual Forum: A Scientific Platform to Discuss National Policies
Derasat’s Third Annual Forum will discuss the role of regional and international think-tank in researching and analyzing the impacts and future challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and provided a platform to discuss best practices and lessons learned.
The fundamental requirements for facing disasters
Confronting crises and how to handle them could be of interest to many countries around the world, however this issue has not sufficiently made its way towards disasters specially the industrial ones.
Building a crisis media strategy
An article by Dr. Ashraf Keshk discussing how the media can contribute to promoting the vital interests of states during crises, in light of the communication revolution that the world is witnessing.
