MIDDLE EAST

The Israel Defense Forces recently completed a large military exercise on the island of Cyprus, and a smaller training exercise in Crete was held several months earlier. Although the commanders ...

Netanyahu’s unexpected confrontation with US Jews The meeting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had with Jerry Silverman, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, on June 27 failed ...

Tensions flare between IDF, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon More and more voices in Israel are saying that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has become a burden and ...

On June 23, Iranian hard-liners once again attacked moderate President Hassan Rouhani, but this time was different. A group of hard-liners approached the president and chanted harsh slogans while he ...

The content for this article is made possible by Cakra Studi Global Strategis (CSGS) first ever monthly discussion. The discussion was attended by students and professors from International Relations departments ...

Iraqi Kurdistan since the formation of Iraq on the way from one crisis to another and now stepping into an unknown and problematic one, but of course there will be ...

“Nobody gets involved in the Middle East and comes out of it the good guy.” This is both a cynical and truthful take on the state of affairs in the ...

The Israel Defense Forces recently completed a large military exercise on the island of Cyprus, and a smaller training exercise in Crete was held several months earlier. Although the commanders ...

The Syrian Civil War that is lasting since now 2011 , might soon come to an end. Indeed Bashar Al-Assad and its allies have made impressive gains this last months ...

Qatar (a small Arab country) is located in western Asia. Qatar is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with also The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman ...