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Recent internal and regional developments haven’t strategically altered the balance of forces in Yemen, with no concrete steps towards establishing a political roadmap under UN auspices. Months of ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has built a sophisticated geostrategic presence in Africa thanks to their investments in port infrastructures. Each port represents a node connecting the Gulf with ...

In recent years, peace and security in many African states have been severely disrupted by worsening socioeconomic crises, coups, armed banditry, terrorism, and other transnational threats, driving ...

In Libya, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are testing their ambitions as a middle power, exactly like they did – and are still doing despite extensive military disengagement – in Yemen. In both arenas, ...

When the civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, gold soon became pivotal in analyses of the conflict, both as a means of waging the war and as one of its causes. The role of the UAE and ...

The European Union’s Global Gateway (GG) is undergoing a significant transformation. Once rooted firmly in development policy, GG is now being reshaped to serve a broader strategic purpose – ...

Aldo Liga is a Research Fellow for the MENA Centre and Scientific Coordinator of the MED Dialogues. He is also a PhD Candidate at the Institut français de géopolitique (University of Paris 8). He ...

After eight years of conflict, the Houthis are now militarily closer to Iran. They are also more integrated than before in the pro-Iranian armed network. However, the Houthis differ from Iran’s ...

The Muslim Brotherhood will celebrate in few years its centenary since Hassan Al-Banna founded the movement in the city of Ismailia in north-eastern Egypt, in 1928. However, as it approaches this ...

Paolo Magri is President of the Advisory Board of the ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University. He is member of the ...