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United Arab Emirates military will use proxy warfare

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The UAE military is deeply concerned about both direct and indirect threats from Iran and from Sunni political Islam. It has therefore focused on building alliances with global…

Influencing Iraq and Syria will have costs for Turkey

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TURKEY

Turkey's attempts to expand its military role in both Iraq and Syria are entangled with major shifts in its relations with the United States and Russia, and in its overall…

Al-Qaida core could keep control of Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

The last major rebel-held area in Syria, Idlib province is under the military control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a salafi-jihadist rebel alliance. Jaysh al-Ahrar, the largest…

Bahrain’s foreign military bases could become a target

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BAHRAIN

Manama is gradually rolling back some of the reforms to limit the power of the security forces that were put in place after the post-2011 Arab uprisings. The government has been…

Abu Dhabi will pivot to ‘soft power’ security policies

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UAE military engagement abroad since the 1990s has earned it the nickname ‘Little Sparta’. Its activities included a lengthy mission alongside NATO forces in Afghanistan and…

Russia trials new governance model for Dagestan

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RUSSIA

Vasilyev said he was appointing a new chief prosecutor and high-court judges, as people were crying out for justice. Through him, Moscow is strengthening its direct control of…

Haftar’s ambitions may intensify Libya war

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LIBYA

Impact of the ambitions of Khalifa Haftar.

Middle East regimes will survive lasting instability

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MIDDLE EAST

Regime resilience in the Middle East.

US Congress will challenge deterrence strategy

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UNITED STATES

Trump and his immediate predecessors have made extensive use of powers granted in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to deploy armed force widely across the Middle East and North…

Covert Iran-Israel clashes could spiral out of control

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IRAN/ISRAEL

The incident, which is being widely attributed to Israel, is part of a series of unexplained fires and explosions at sensitive military and industrial sites. It follows heightened…