The strategic and international studies program analyzes the latest developments in the fields of security studies, military studies, international relations and crisis management, related to the Arabian Gulf and Middle East.
Dr. Ashraf Keshk provides a historical and logical motives behind forming and initiating military coalitions in the region.
An analysis by Dr. Ashraf Keshk of NATO’s response to Iran’s attempt to hack Albania’s information network.
Dr. Ashraf Keshk presents his take on the feasibility of deploying UAVs to protect regional water corridors due to the international interests of major countries that manufacture them, despite the divergent views.
A perspective on Middle East security within the recently issued British naval security strategy, by Dr. Ashraf Keshk.
An analysis by Dr. Ashraf Keshk on the East-West competition to win over the Middle East and Africa during the current geopolitical conflict in Europe.
Dr. Ashraf Keshk gives an overview of the NATO’s once-a-decade strategic review of its defense doctrine.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Why did the Ukrainian crisis develop so rapidly into the current situation? The well known version of the story is attributed to the expansion of NATO by annexing the republics of the former Soviet Union e.g. Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. But when that expansion reached the borders of Ukraine, we are facing the crisis of this magnitude… why Ukraine? To answer simply, Ukraine is a buffer state between major powers. What is a buffer state?
