Escalation between Israel and Iran in the context of the Gaza conflict: Regional war on the horizon?

Geopolitics Military Affairs

On April 1, 2024, Israel destroyed one of the buildings of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. The attack left 16...

Security Academy’s sunny study trip in Brussels

Others

Around these days we are finishing our six-month programme Security Academy 2023/2024 and thanks to the Representation of the European...

Life in Gaza is about the choice between displacement and death. Only a fraction of Palestinians manage to escape

Geopolitics Military Affairs

The Gaza Strip is currently the most isolated piece of land. Its inhabitants have been taken hostage by the radical...

Does Iran want war with Israel, or is it too big of a bite for Tehran?

Geopolitics

The attack by Palestinian group Hamas on Israel carries the potential to destabilise the Middle East significantly. Specifically, the potential...

Syria Teetering on the Edge of Collapse Again: Assad Regime Facing Its Worst Crisis in Years

Geopolitics

Despite the diplomatic achievement of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League in May 2023, the Bashar al-Assad regime currently confronts...

Syria’s return to the Arab League heralds international recognition of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad

Global Agenda Non-Military Security

President Bashar al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic flew to Saudi Arabia on May 19 to attend the Arab League...

Heaviest clashes between Israel and Gaza militants in months

Geopolitics

The tensions between Israel and the Gaza Militants increased following the death of a prominent Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member...

Assad’s Quakeplomacy

Geopolitics Global Agenda

On February 6 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The quake...

Ankara threatens to launch a new military operation in northern Syria

Geopolitics Military Affairs

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday, May 23, that Ankara would soon launch a new military incursion in...

The Case Against the Concept of Great Power Competition

Global Agenda Strategic Thinking

Great power competition is a trendy concept that frames the current perception of international affairs held by many. As such,...