While tensions in the region are reaching alarming levels, and the increasing pressure on Iran is having wider impacts, there is still little appetite in the region for war. The US strategy to isolate Iran through sanctions have destabilized the alread…
Developments in recent years across the region, especially the crises in Iraq and Syria, have facilitated a wide network of criminality. The trade of drugs, antiquities, alcohol, tobacco, human trafficking and, above all, weapons, has become the base, …
The possibility of agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis is usually met with pessimistic sentiment. The practical possibilities to achieve the two-state solution are fading away and the Palestinian cause is no longer the centre of attenti…
While attending a joint military exercise between the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army and the UAE Armed Forces in Abu Dhabi last week, His Majesty King Abdullah and Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan delivered a clear message on the shared goals between …
The tension between the US and Iran has escalated recently, but there are indicators that suggest it is unlikely to lead to open confrontation. The US approach to Iran, in addition to the effective economic sanctions, has been to isolate Iran political…