Iran's IRGC-led war strategy echoes Imperial Japan, as US airstrikes, naval blockades and tensions in Hormuz reshape the ...

The Ikhwan al-Muslimin, known as the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has passed through three broad phases of development in Sudan. The first centred on the formative phase of the MB as a social and ...

Meeting in New Delhi on 9 th September 2023, the G20 unveiled a new economic corridor project, following China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the European Union’s more recent Global Gateway. The India ...

In May 2000, when Israeli forces were about to withdraw from Lebanon after nearly two decades, this author was serving as the intelligence officer of IDF Central Command, focusing on the threats and ...

When the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury on 28 February 2026, the opening salvo was not fired from a traditional war room. With a claim of striking over 1,000 targets on the ...

This attack by the IRGC Navy is an outcome of a brewing political divide between the moderates and hardliners in Iran. This power struggle has greatly intensified in the wake of the U.S.-Israel war on ...

What do these issues signify in operational terms? Presumptively, at least, Israel’s deterrence posture identifies two distinct modes of strategic dissuasion: conventional and nuclear. Concerning the ...

Blocking the Strait of Hormuz has been discussed in Iran for four decades, particularly since the Iran-Iraq war and the so-called “Tanker War” in the 1980s. Although Tehran never implemented a full ...

During the ongoing period of turmoil within the Iranian regime, the removal of Iran’s leadership by Israel and the United States[i] has had a significant impact on the nature of leadership within the ...

The collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 did not end Syria’s political crisis. It changed its terms. The authority that replaced Bashar al-Assad now faces the same question that has haunted ...

Until the announcement of a two-week ceasefire[i] between the United States and Iran, much of the discussion that permeated political circles was centred around missile and drone strikes[ii], ...

Israel’s air defence network[x] includes the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, the Arrow systems, and the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). The THAAD system – deployed by the U.S. – operates ...