Middle East & Africa
Can Nigeria’s Reforms Ease the Cost of Living Before Elections?
Grace Adama puts on her earrings in her two-room flat in Abuja before grabbing her handbag and heading to work.
The health NGO worker earns...
The Mecca Pact Is a Confession, Not a Deterrent
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is not really a well-organised military alliance. Instead, it looks more like a backup plan, in which three middle...
Kuwait caught in the crossfire: How the Iran War is Engulfing the Middle East
Kuwait has since the beginning of the Iran War in February been targeted by Iranian drones and missiles 1,400 times. Why has this state—smaller...
Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Squeeze
Authors: John A. Calabrese and Aaron Jon Pasha*
Saudi Arabia’s approach to the Iran war has been defined by a sustained effort to avoid direct...
Cairo’s Shadow War in Sudan: Drones, Borders and a Fading Army Ally
Egypt has moved from rhetorical backing of Sudan’s army to active enabler of its war effort, with a covert drone hub on Egyptian soil...
Ceuta and Melilla: Why the U.S. and China Are Watching Morocco-Spain Tensions
The interest of Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic circles in the current state of increasing American interest in the cities of Ceuta and...
Hamas’s Disarmament Dare: The New Limits of American Dealmaking
Central Claim
The US-brokered deal for Hamas to disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza is less an agreement than a diplomatic dare: each...
China’s Strategy in Ceuta and Melilla: How Beijing Could Use the Spain-Morocco Migration Crisis
China can leverage its efforts to address the border migration crisis between Spain and Morocco by promoting humanitarian diplomacy, funding border development projects, and...
Why China Sees Trump’s Lebanon Strategy as a Threat to Its Middle East Ambitions
Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic circles analyzed and assessed the significance of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Lebanese counterpart,...
US aims new sanctions at Sudan’s military junta over its use of chemical weapons
The United States has barred aircraft linked to Sudan’s military junta, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), from operating in its airspace and is tightening...