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Dr. Ashraf Keshk briefly defines the concept of naval security, and lists contemporary threats witnessed by the Arabian Gulf waters, while strategically tying both to the creation and development of GCC naval security modes and precautionary measures.
Derasat recently organized a seminar under the title of "Future Prospects of the GCC Electrical Interconnection" in cooperation with the Secretariat GCC and the GCCIA, on Wednesday 29th June 2022.
Dr. Ashraf Keshk presents dimensions of the recent military coordination between Egypt and Saudi Arabia in the related context of the regional geopolitical conflicts, based on implications of the Faisal 12 joint air force exercise, and the naval exercise Red Waves 5 with five additional countries, as well as a coinciding exercise with forces from member countries of the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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.
The impact of the Atlantic-Russian conflict on the Middle East in terms of political, military and economic terms, written by Dr. Ashraf Keshk.
Dr. Ashraf Keshk defines a few types and presents examples of maritime environmental disasters and their implications, with an overview of Bahrain’s prevention and containment efforts.
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.
The paper examines the incidence of area studies departments/programs in the GCC and US, and their role in the foreign policy of each country.
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.
