SECURITY / CONFLICTS

As the dust settles in on President Donald Trump’s Afghanistan speech there has been quite a lot of fuss about Pakistan’s role in providing support to militants in Afghanistan.  That this allegation comes ...

While North Korea’s recent nuclear ICBM tests significantly raised the level of fear in the United States, they were not a surprise. North Korea, long a nuclear state, is a ...

Henry Kissinger once said that “moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.” That is precisely Israel’s dilemma. When it shows moderation, its friends ...

Part 2 : This policy paper suggests a two-fold strategy for the Russian Federation over Nagorno Karabakh, one for the short-term, another one for the long-term. In the short-run, a ...

The current race for control of territory in Syria now appears to be a competition between Iran and the United States, which have established two respective axes – with a ...

The Israel Defense Forces recently completed a large military exercise on the island of Cyprus, and a smaller training exercise in Crete was held several months earlier. Although the commanders ...

There are no doubt that Africa’s militant Islamist groups like Ansar al-Sharia, AL-SHABAB, AQIM, The Movement for Monotheism and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Boko Haram have undoubtedly benefited ...

WHAT DOES THE SUNDAY TERROR ATTACK MEAN FOR MALI—AND AFRICA? At least two people have been killed in a tourist resort popular with westerners – Le Campement – in Dougourakoro, ...

This policy paper suggests a two-fold strategy for the Russian Federation over Nagorno Karabakh, one for the short-term, another one for the long-term. In the short-run, a “wait and see” ...

This is the final part of the Paper. In this part the authors explains the reasons why Cyber War will not take place. Non- state actors could also carry out ...