

Dr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.
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With the violence in Syria spilling into Turkey; Turkey as a NATO member has the right to call on the support of the alliance under Article 5. However implementing collective security is always more complex, thus a full scale NATO response in Syria is unlikely.
Tags: International Institutions, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaTurkey's recent diplomatic offensive has been brought to an abrupt end by the Syrian conflict which spilled into Turkey last night. Last night's violence has revealed the weakness in Ankara's position resulting from its failed approach to the Syria Crises.
Tags: Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaThe recent protests in the Middle East may have been sparked by the anti-Islamic film produced in the US, but Middle Eastern opinion has been shaped to a much larger degree by US foreign policy rather than its cinematography.
Tags: Terrorism, Middle East and North AfricaThe end of ambiguity about Pyongyang's nuclear capacity raises fundamental questions affecting China, the United States, and the future of international non-proliferation strategy. Indirectly, these consequences could actually work to the advantage of the West in its attempts to prevent Iran 'going nuclear'.
Tags: Global Security Issues, Pacific, Middle East and North AfricaAfter a month long war, perhaps the most significant in the Middle East in its recent history, are we now witnessing a new regional order?
Tags: Middle East and North AfricaArafat is dead. Across the Arab world, the news was greeted with an outpouring of shock and mourning that dwarfed anything we have seen in the West since the generation of WWII leaders died.
Tags: Middle East and North Africa
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