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A Counterintelligence Profile: Are High-Fliers Ready?

Hamza Chaudhary0 Comments

Published: May 7, 2026 For the geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), it is a time of great anxiety. With the non-Arab actors engaging in another tense…

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Red Sea Uncertainty: A 2026 Forecast for the Houthis Actions

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesasymmetric cost structure, Bab el-Mandeb, coastal missile positioning, defensive posture, Deterrence, drone strikes, GCC, geopolitical friction, Hodeidah, houthis, Israel-Iran confrontation, maritime attacks, maritime security, missile defense, naval presence, red sea, regional escalation, Suez corridor, trench networks, U.S.-Iran tensions

Red Sea Uncertainty: A 2026 Forecast for the Houthis Actions

Mohamed ELDoh0 Comments

Published: March 10, 2026 (Editor’s Note: This article was submitted before the U.S.-Iran conflict began. We intentionally left the article as “forward looking” to signify the value of the analysis.)…

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The Middle East Needs an Anti-Iran Alliance

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesArab NATO, attack drones, drones, Egypt, Foreign Policy, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf of Aden, Hezbollah, Houthi, Iran, Jordan, MESA, Middle East, middle East Security Alliance, NJATO, red sea, Saudi Arabia, Shiite, Syria, UAE, Yemen

The Middle East Needs an Anti-Iran Alliance

Mohamed El Doh0 Comments

In the Middle East, the necessity for an anti-Iran alliance is apparent. Iran’s aggressive foreign policy, support for terrorism, and pursuit of nuclear capabilities continue to pose a significant threat…

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Analyzing the Turkic Vector of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveAzerbaijan, China, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Cultural, Foreign Policy, GCC, Gulf Countries, NATO, Russia, SOCAR, sovereignty, Turkey, Turkic States, Ukraine

Analyzing the Turkic Vector of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

Rufat Ahmedzade0 Comments

The Organization of Turkic States (OTS) is one of the main foreign policy initiatives of Azerbaijan. In his swearing-in ceremony in February 2024 Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, described the OTS…

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