ContentThe triumph of Trump in 2016 heralded a departure in US policy towards Iran through relying more on pressure rather than diplomacy. Trump fulfilled his electoral-campaign promise of withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…

Content I: Introduction For full textThe Covid-19 pandemic has crystallised the priorities of national security globally, forcing governments to develop emergency strategies to confront this hidden enemy that threatens the security and safety of developed…

ContentIntroduction Direct Russian intervention in the Syrian war on 30 September 2015 marked Russia’s “first large-scale military operation” far beyond its borders following its operation in Crimea in 2014 and since the fall of the…

ContentIntroductionOn 5 August 2022, four days after a state of alert was declared in the settlements of the Gaza envelope, Israel launched a war on the Gaza Strip, ostensibly to thwart a large-scale attack against…

ContentIntroductionUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) have become an indispensable asset in military operations since the beginning of the century. After the end of the Cold War, the US ‒ with its MQ-1 Predator and Reaper drones ‒…

ContentIntroduction For full textSince the last quarter of the twentieth century, there has been a steady rise in the military capacities and political roles of armed nonstate actors (ANSAs), challenging the traditional hegemony of armed…

Content​Alongside a volatile security situation in the West Bank, humanitarian circumstances in the Gaza Strip continue to deteriorate. In both territories, these dire conditions are driven by an ongoing political reality imposed by Israeli settler…

ContentIntroduction Imagine two merchants, each of whom owns a shop in the same market. Both men depend on the same product, along with some other items, to maintain their shops and support their extended families.…