Desalination plants are emerging as strategic assets in Middle East security, where their vulnerability creates a new form of cross-domain deterrence. The concept of “desalination deterrence” examines how threats to water infrastructure res…
Iran’s air defence adaptation following recent conflicts highlights a shift toward decentralised, AI-enabled, low-cost networks combining commercial sensors and loitering interceptors. This asymmetric model challenges traditional airpower a…
Small states face a security dilemma when reliance on great-power alliances creates new vulnerabilities. The recent Iran-US war shows that shifting global orders require hedging, strategic flexibility and stronger legal safeguards to preser…
Israeli-Turkish relations are facing growing tensions, reflected in statements from both sides. Is this just another rhetorical clash that will fade as before, or a real hostile shift driven by deep regional disputes and rising competition
The Lebanese-Israeli framework agreement is expected to open a new phase in relations, ending the state of war and enabling Lebanon to extend its sovereignty over all its territory. However, divergent positions and power imbalance reveal co…
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has published a new book titled Israel min Dhurwat as-Su‘ud ila Tasaddu‘ an-Namudhaj: Azmat ash-Shar‘iya wal-Makana ad-Dawliya ba’da Harb al-Ibada fi Ghazza [Israel: From Rising Power to a Fractured Model — The…
The US-Iran MOU has generated extensive debate over whether its provisions favour Iran, the US or Israel. However, far less attention has been paid to the nature of the understandings embodied in the agreement, the extent to which the memor…
This doctoral thesis examines the communication practices of Palestinian communities in Latin America and their role in preserving Palestinian identity, collective memory, cultural heritage, and attachment to the homeland. The study focuses…
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has published a new book titled Al-Intiqal ad-Dimuqrati fi Tunis (2011–2021): Muraja‘at Naqdiya lil-Masar wal-Adwar [Democratic Transition in Tunisia (2011–2021): Critical Reassessments of the Trajectory and th…
Following a series of meetings, Lebanese and Israeli delegations reached a US-backed framework agreement to advance negotiations. However, Lebanon’s internal divisions, Israel’s record of noncompliance, and overlapping regional conflicts co…
Complex-systems science can help media move from reactive reporting to anticipatory diagnosis by identifying the precursors of regime shifts. Combining AI with open data, a Geopolitical Crisis Observatory could deliver early warnings, risk
The US naval blockade against Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a fragile arena of pressure and counterpressure, aimed at constraining Iran’s oil and maritime flows. Iran responds with calibrated escalation and strategic leverage ov…