Security & Conflict
Russia, Turkey and UAE: The intelligence services organize and investigate
The FSB (Federal’naja Služba Bezopasnosti Rossijskoj Federácii, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) - created in 1995 from the ashes of the...
To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs Iranian membership
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the Islamic Republic hopes when leaders of the...
Can Israeli Nuclear Threats Protect Against Non-Nuclear Attacks?
Abstract: It is widely assumed that a state’s nuclear weapons and strategy are irrelevant to non-nuclear threats. A contrary argument is advanced by Louis...
Concerns over rapidly changing geopolitics
Ben Wallace, Britain’s defense secretary, suggested the US could no longer be considered a superpower in an interview where he also contrasted his department’s...
20 years of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A view from Azerbaijan
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established as a multilateral association to ensure security across the vast Eurasian region and promote good-neighborly and friendly...
Indo-Russian S-400 Deal in Light of the US’ Afghanistan Predicament
For four years now, the Indo-Russian deal for five regiments of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system has constantly made the news. The deal, worth...
The establishment of a communist Shiite state in Afghanistan
Given the internationally known Egyptian researcher’s specialization in Chinese and Asian political affairs, specifically the (academic and research studies related to communist and leftist...
Post-Afghanistan intelligence and geopolitics
The troop withdrawal has left Afghanistan in chaos, and the various intelligence agencies (including the Israeli and British ones) assess that geopolitical games are...
The jihad after Afghanistan
How will the jihadists’ global threat evolve after Afghanistan is back under Taliban rule? It should not be forgotten that the Taliban are the...
As Exercise Malabar turns 25, the Quad edge makes it sharper today
The 2021 Malabar naval exercise marks the second consecutive year in which the navies of all the Quad countries are coming together. The annual...