International Affairs Unit
PDF File Download Executive Summary Recent decades presented an ostensibly stable world order where many believed that the role of traditional armies had significantly diminished in favour of covert targeted attacks, whether in the cyberspace or through unmanned-drones. Similarly, in an economically interconnected global system, war was often deemed unprofitable, due to its disrupting effect […]
By: Mayar Hany Researcher in International Affairs Since mid-November 2023, the Red Sea has witnessed increasing tensions due to threats from the Yemeni Houthi militia, affecting maritime navigation, against the backdrop of Israeli escalation in Gaza. This has led to the fastest maritime route connecting Asia to Europe via the Suez Canal becoming an unsafe […]
BY: Hana Ashraf El-Hessy :Introduction Climate change and particularly global warming is one of the most urgent global crisis, and the effects of the climate change are fast becoming more severe, and their consequences are more visible around the world, so this field of interest has become of interest to many Arab countries Due to the […]
إعداد: دينا لملوم تُثار حالة من الغضب العام والاستنفار من قبل العالم العربى والإسلامى على خلفية تكرار حادثة حرق المصحف فى السويد، وهو ما يشكل إهانة للمقدسات الإسلامية، تغذيها قوانين تجيز ذلك، بذريعة حرية التعبير وحق التظاهر، وبالتالى فثمة أزمة دبلوماسية حادة بين السويد والعراق ربما تنتهى بقطع العلاقات؛ إذا لم يتم وضع حد لهذه […]
إعداد/ دينا لملوم بعدما حظيت فنلندا بالمباركة التركية وتمكنت بالفعل من الانضمام للناتو فى أبريل الماضى، تعمل السويد على قدم وساق للحاق بنظيرتها الفنلندية وسط رفض تركى لهذه المحاولات، ولكن “ستوكهولم” عملت على تسريع كافة الإجراءات التى نص عليها الاتفاق الذى أبرمته مع “أنقرة” فيما يتعلق بمعالجة المخاوف الأمنية التركية، وتسليم عضو فى حزب العمال […]
إعداد/ دينا لملوم فى الوقت الذى يعانى فيه العالم وبشكل خاص القارة الإفريقية من تبعات الحرب الروسية؛ كان لزامًا على الأطراف المختلفة بذل الجهود للعب دور الوساطة فى هذا الصراع ومن ثم إيجاد مخرج سلمى له، إلا أن تلك المحاولات لم تؤتِ ثمارها، وفى هذا الصدد طرح قادة ست دول إفريقية بطرح مبادرة لإحلال السلام […]
BY : Basma Anwar By the time of the last presidential elections 2020 AD, the latent conflict between the two strongest parties in the United States of America – the Democrat and the Republican – who share power and wrestle over it, forming the political scenario of the United States since the nineteenth century, appeared […]
BY: Basma Anwar The Russian invasion entered its second year, which invaded the Ukrainian lands on the twenty-fourth of February 2022 AD, during which Moscow was able to control 4 Ukrainian provinces and annex them under its sovereignty. The past year witnessed fierce battles between the two sides of the conflict – Moscow and how […]
BY: Basma Anwar Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 AD, Ukraine managed to obtain its independence and became a unified state consisting of 24 oblasts (provinces) with its capital “Kyiv” in addition to the autonomous “Republic of Crimea”, and two cities with a special central government “Sevastopol and Sevastopol” located in Eastern […]
Rabaa Wazeer The Nationalist paradigm is not a recent notion, rather it is rooted in human history, with great number of political thinkers and philosophers proclaiming it as a valuable endeavour to be sought after. Thus, the ideas and beliefs associated with the nationalist concept escalated, which will be clarified during the following sections. Over […]