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A Global Problem in a Regional Context Global climate change phenomena itself is less threatening than the sum of the spin-off consequences. It is the interactions between issues and events that amplifies threats. Issues...
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The New Hamas Declaration on Principles and Policies: No Change to the Islamist Agenda
11 May 2017
On 1 May 2017, Hamas held a major press conference in Doha, Qatar to announce what has been called...
Political Islam
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The US fight against ISIS/Daesh: The War on Terror from Obama to Trump
04 May 2017
Recent gains in Iraq by the US-led coalition have translated into clear losses for ISIS/Daesh. The territory controlled by...
Security, Defense & Terrorism
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Combating cybercrime – The White Hat revolution
27 Apr 2017
The unrelenting pace of technological change epitomises the domain of cybercrime and cybersecurity with criminals constantly developing new and...
Transnational Crime & Security
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The End of the Beginning of Daesh
18 Apr 2017
Over 140 defenseless civilians in Mosul, Iraq, were killed in a single airstrike on the 17th of March, likely...
Constructions of Terrorism
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Russia, China & US Geopolitics: Cooperation & Competition
12 Apr 2017
Internationally, geostrategic shifts are occurring that Russia, the US and China are forging, contesting and benefiting from – almost...
Foreign Policy & International Relations
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The Value of Think Tanks
04 Apr 2017
Events in 2016 confounded the so-called “experts” leading to declarations about the death of expertise. Following the outcome of...
Think Tanks
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Investing in Youth for the Development of Human Capital
04 Apr 2017
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently published a report titled Arab World Horizons: Arab Fractures: Citizens, States, and...
Children & Young People
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Attack of the drones – Emerging threats from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
22 Mar 2017
The proliferation of drone technology presents a new and unique suite of security challenges. Last year, rogue drone incursions...
Security, Defense & Terrorism
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The rising powers and the liberal world order: the GCC in a ‘post-Western’ environment
15 Mar 2017
The inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States has reignited the debate about the future...
Foreign Policy & International Relations
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Iran’s Long Game in Lebanon
15 Mar 2017
On 31 October 2016, Lebanon’s parliament elected veteran Christian leader General Michel Aoun as the country’s new President, ending...
Security, Defense & Terrorism
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The Bondage of History: Daesh/ISIS and the Islamic Past
09 Mar 2017
Political organizations often play with history. Terrorist groups are, of course, organizations with political agendas and it should come...
Constructions of Terrorism
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Countering the Narrative of Daesh/ISIS in South East Asia
01 Mar 2017
Just over a year ago, Daesh/ISIS claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack near Sarinah Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. This...
Constructions of Terrorism
