Category Regional studies

The Legal Aspects of the Eastern Mediterranean Crisis

Currently, the Eastern Mediterranean region is undergoing one of the most intense crises the region has ever witnessed. The main reason behind the current crisis is the increasing discoveries of significant oil

China’s Diplomacy and Economic Activities in Africa China–Africa Relations

In ancient times, China regarded Africa as being the end of the Western Zone, as from China to the rest of the world.

U.S.-China Rivalry in Southeast Asia: Power Shift or Competitive Coexistence?

Despite their deep interdependence and elements of cooperation, the United States and China the world’s two major powers are increasingly locked in a comprehensive competitive relationship.

The Asia-Pacific Strategic Triangle: Untangling the India, China, US Relations on Conflict and Security in South Asia

The objective of this paper is to give insight into the debate over the strategic triangle and how it impacts conflict and security in South Asia.

From Blind Reliance to Contractual Convenience

By Arhama Siddiqa is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies One of the most talked about things from Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan in early 2019 was when, with the aim of inspiriting brotherly…

The Requirement of the National Democratic project in Iraq post Daesh Terrorist Group Stage

This study aims at re-transmit the spirit of the national democratic project of Iraq post of the chaos left by the Daesh terrorist group stage

The most Dangerous five years in the history conflict over the Nile River

The paper represents a historical presentation of the events of the conflict on the Nile over a period of five years, from 2011 to 2015.

Saudi Arabia’s development of its strategy in the Red Sea

There is an integrated Saudi strategy regarding the Red Sea that the Kingdom applies persistently and strictly, the general lines of ...

Algeria: The making of a new republic?

Algeria is the largest country in the Arab world, Africa, and the Mediterranean basin, ranking 10th in the world in size; in the Islamic world, only Kazakhstan is bigger.

China’s rise, climate change and great power responsibility

The great power club is an exclusive social community; whereas some states are members, others remain outsiders.

France and the New Imperialism: Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

The role of French security policy and cooperation in Africa has long been recognized as a critically important factor in African politics and international relations.

China and International Theory: The Balance of Relationships

Major IR theories, which stress that actors will inevitably only seek to enhance their own interests, tend to contrive binaries of self and other and ‘inside’ and ‘outside’.