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Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Aaditya Dave, Gareth Stansfield and Stefan Wolff
Report from a roundtable looking at the challenges facing Iraq after Daesh, focusing especially on post-war identities and stable government in the north of the country.
Tags: International Security Studies, Iraq, Conference Reports, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Middle East and North AfricaAniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
Today's presidential election in the Islamic Republic pits moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani against Ebrahim Raisi, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's favourite and his possible successor.
Tags: International Security Studies, Iran, Middle East and North AfricaJames Shinnie
With the US recently increasing its air operations in Yemen, the West still has a role to play in the Houthi conflict. But what conditions need to be in place for the coalition to triumph conclusively?
Tags: Military Sciences, Iran, RUSI Newsbrief, Counterinsurgency, Middle East and North AfricaMichael Clarke
On 7 September 2015 the British prime minister controversially announced that two British citizens had been killed in RAF drone strikes. The point is not so much that they were British but that he was targeted in an area that the UK does not currently regard, legally, as an operational theatre of war for UK forces.
Tags: Air Power and Technology, Defence, Industries and Society, Terrorism, UK Defence Policy, Syria, UK, Law and Ethics, Terrorism, UK Defence, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaTimothy Stafford
Despite some vocal opposition, Barack Obama now has enough support in the US senate to ensure the Iran nuclear deal is approved. Domestic manoeuvring and foreign interventions characterise the president's success.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, United States, Iran, Americas, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North AfricaShashank Joshi
The Iranian nuclear deal agreed in Vienna may be one of the most important post-Cold War diplomatic accords. But it is important to understand how it evolves over the coming decades.
Tags: International Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iran, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North AfricaH A Hellyer
Two years after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, it seems that Egypt will continue to be faced with political turmoil and social unrest for some time to come.
Tags: Egypt, International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Middle East and North AfricaJoanne Mackowski
As the threat posed by Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula has evolved, the US has responded by sending in the Predator drones
Tags: Air Power and Technology, Defence, Industries and Society, Terrorism, US Defence Policy, RUSI Newsbrief, The Gulf Region, Defence Policy, Al-Qa'ida, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Fighting for the soul of Western militaries
Dependent Deterrent? US Support for the UK’s New Nuclear Warhead
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration