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Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

In the last years of the 2010s, the competitive intervention of rival powers in the Syrian crisis escalated into a contest to carve out spheres of geo-political influence in the country.

 4 September 2020
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The Yemen Conflict: Consequences for the MENA Region

The optimism last year that the parties were moving closer to agreement on the outlines of a political deal has faded, despite a months-long, UN-led negotiation in Kuwait.

 9 August 2017

Security Challenges, Migration, Instability and Violent Extremism in the Sahel

The Sahel features all the ills of underdevelopment, but it also suffers from the fragility of states, ethnic conflicts, the presence of violent extremist organizations (VEOs), and trafficking.

 20 July 2017

Turkey: Military Action in a Strategic Void

2016 turned out to be quite a traumatic, transformative and troubled year for Turkish foreign policy. This was particularly true of Ankara’s policies towards the MENA region.

 19 July 2017

La absurda e ineficaz carrera armamentística de las monarquías del Golfo

A las monarquías del Golfo les preocupa sobre todo mantener su régimen y su identidad propia, sin que haya una política exterior o de defensa común.

 17 July 2017

La folle et inefficace course aux armements des monarchies du Golfe

Les monarchies du Golfe sont avant tout préoccupées par la préservation de leur régime et de leur identité propre, sans qu’il y ait une politique étrangère ou de défense commune.

 17 July 2017

Le trafic d’armes dans la région MENA

Dans la zone MENA, le trafic d’armes est une donnée essentielle de la déstabilisation des territoires et pourtant de la difficulté à y imposer la paix de manière durable et forte.

 17 July 2017

Trop d’armes dans une zone trop conflictuelle

Les exportationsd'armes dans le monde ont augmenté de 14 % pour la période 2012-2016 par rapport à celle de 2007- 2011. Vers le Moyen-Orient, la croissance a été de 86 %.

 17 July 2017

La guerra siria desde el exilio

“Los sirios no tenemos solo un enemigo –el régimen de Al Assad– ni tampoco dos –Al Assad y los salafistas–, sino que tenemos también en contra al orden global”.

 17 July 2017

La crisis en Siria y los grupos islamistas

Hace mucho tiempo que la guerra en Siria dejó de enfrentar a sirios contra sirios y se convirtió en una guerra por delegación en la cual las potencias regionales intentan dirimir sus diferencias mediante el apoyo a uno u otro bando.

 17 July 2017

Syria in the Aftermath of the Russian Intervention: the Paradoxes of De-confliction

The fall of eastern Aleppo in December 2016 was the coronation of a series of loyalist victories made possible, from October 2015 onwards, by a combination of three main factors.

 7 July 2017

Libya among Negotiations, Escalation and Chaos

For Libya, 2016 was a year of moderate hope with the formation of the Government of National Accord and defeat of Isis. However, the unaddressed problems have come back to haunt Libya in 2017 leading to fears of military escalation.

 6 July 2017

Deradicalization: Experiences in Europe and the Arab World

Despite the considerable attention deradicalization policies have received and continue to receive, they are still underresearched, not fully understood and remain controversial.

 3 July 2017