Political Developments
Jordan, Palestine at the Crossroads of the East Mediterranean’s Energy Roadmap and the Importance of Cyprus
In the East Mediterranean energy setting, Cyprus is at critical stage en route to natural gas production providing promising prospects for Jordan and Palestine. Jordan’s core objective lies in [...]
What Should the Gulf Crises Teach Us?
One of the most disturbing trends in international politics today is a rapid deterioration of the security situation in the Gulf area, - a region which remains a critically [...]
Security Equation in Eastern Mediterranean: Global and Regional Contexts
Eastern Mediterranean as a crossroads, where West and East meet, has traditionally had strategic significance. Nowadays, the emerging strategic landscape in the region is getting more and more complicated and [...]
Will IRAN Become a Regional Hegemon in the Middle East?
The recent crisis in Lebanon, with the mysterious resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, is one more episode of the undeclared war between the two main players that [...]
The Future of Gulf-Asia Relations
In the first semester of 2017, Gulf politics were marked by numerous international events. Among them, three had a distinct significance. First, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown [...]
Foreign Policy
Energy Security
The Clash of the Titans on the Energy Field
The Energy Sector reemerged as a theater of intense political antagonisms in the early 2000s. Since then, Putin’s Russia has revived its economy and regained national self-confidence by using energy resources as a cornerstone of its national power.[1] For many scholars, after the demise of the USSR, Russia’s energy sector [...]
Globalization & Human Rights
Terrorism & Counterterrorism
Refugees & Migration
Technology & Innovation
From Technological Revolution to Armageddon and Back: Unbreakable Vicious Circle
On September 4, 2017 Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Space X, has said again that artificial intelligence could be humanity’s greatest existential threat, this time by starting a third world war.[1] About a month [...]