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"”De kan se, at USA ikke vil bekæmpe dem militært, selvom den nationale
sikkerhedsrådgiver John Bolton taler for det. Men han er i mindretal. Så de har erkendt, at
deres eneste middel nu er at øge presset med angreb begået i Irak og Saudi-Arabien af
støttegrupper, at skade tankskibe med miner, og altså senest ved at tilbageholde et skib,”
siger Jack Watling.
Han fremhæver, at presset handler om at få Europa til forhandlingsbordet, fordi de krav,
som USA har stillet for at genoplive atomaftalen, er totalt uspiselige for Iran. USA har
blandt andet krævet fuld adgang til alle atomanlæg, stop for støtte til grupper, som USA
anser som terrorister, og alle iranske soldater trukket ud af Syrien. "
Iran kan forstærke konflikten i Hormuzstrædet
In The News, 25 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
"'“Iran has responded in a way that presents the UK with a problem,” Michael Stephens, Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London, told the Sunday Telegraph. "The ball is now in our court. The UK could choose to detain more Iranian ships, or look to gather a group of states around the table, such as France, Germany and the US, to see how, and in what ways, more pressure can be placed on Iran both economically and strategically," he said." "
Iran crisis: How and why a British oil tanker was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards
In The News, 21 July 2019 Tags: RUSI International, Iran, UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
"On China, many Muslim countries appear to be singing the same tune. "China's treatment of parts of its Muslim population is not a partisan issue in the Arab world," said HA Hellyer, senior associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute in London and the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.
"Even if they disagree on a whole slew of other issues, such as the (Gulf Arab) crisis, Syria, Yemen, Iran and so forth," said Hellyer, "no Muslim leader in the Arab world or the wider region, including Turkey, seems to have much compunction about lining up alongside Beijing." "
Muslim nations are defending China as it cracks down on Muslims, shattering any myths of Islamic solidarity
In The News, 17 July 2019 Tags: China, Middle East and North Africa
"“They’re trying to defend themselves the only way a small country with wealth can do it…. They are trading investment and capital flows, not just oil, for security,” he said. "
Doha’s ‘Foreign Policy Is Economic Policy’ - Analysis
In The News, 15 July 2019 Tags: Middle East and North Africa
"“The theatre air-defence capabilities of the Type 45, which can intercept cruise missiles over a wide area, can also provide defence against Iranian weapons such as the Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship cruise missile if a crisis did become kinetic,” he said.
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UK deploys destroyer to Arabian Gulf as Iran tensions heighten
In The News, 12 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces, Middle East and North Africa
UAVs in the Middle East: Coming of Age
Commentary, 10 July 2019
Alexander Balas
UAVs are fast becoming a major feature of security in the Middle East.
Tags: Global Security Issues, Technology, Middle East and North AfricaPages
UAVs in the Middle East: Coming of Age
Commentary, 10 July 2019Alexander Balas
UAVs are fast becoming a major feature of security in the Middle East.
Global Security Issues, Technology, Middle East and North Africa
Morocco’s Strategy in Africa: Rooting Back
Commentary, 23 May 2019Youssef Tobi
Morocco is redeveloping its African roots. To the benefit of all concerned.
RUSI International, African Union, Africa, Middle East and North Africa
A Threat to Jus in Bello: Legal Implications of Iran’s Designation of the US Central Command as a Terrorist Organisation
Commentary, 15 May 2019Christopher Galvin
Iran’s designation of the US Central Command as a terrorist organisation has serious implications for the treatment of its personnel in any conflict.
United States, Iran, Americas, Law and Ethics, Military Personnel, Middle East and North Africa
Libya and France: A Revival of ‘Napoleonism’?
Commentary, 1 May 2019Youssef Tobi
France appears to be relying on force to patch up problems in Africa, and particularly in Libya. None of this is compatible with President Macron’s lofty foreign policy declarations.
Sahel, France, Libya, Terrorism, Europe, Africa, Middle East and North Africa
Israel’s Election: It Is Bibi All the Way
Commentary, 11 April 2019Michael Stephens
Binyamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli election, setting the scene for a right-wing administration which may well be tempted to formally annex the occupied territories and set Israel on a dangerous gambit.
RUSI International, Israel, Middle East and North AfricaPages
Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Multimedia, 18 June 2019Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi talks to BBC News about the Iran Nuclear Deal. One year after the U.S. withdrew from the Iran Deal, Iran is looking to scale back its commitment.
Tags: United States, Iran, Americas, Germany, International Security Studies, Russia, France, UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Psychological Occupation and Resistance in Mosul
Multimedia, 6 April 2018Mike Stevens on a new study published by RUSI that tells the extraordinary story of how resistance activists and fighters in Mosul ‘punctured Daesh’s image of invincibility’ leading to the city’s...
Tags: Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
The Iran Protests
Multimedia, 5 January 2018 Tags: Iran, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Understanding Unpredictability in the Middle East in 2018
Multimedia, 4 January 2018Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi outlines priorities for analysts will be to understand the impact and unpredictability of US policy in the Middle East.
Tags: Iran, International Security Studies, Middle East and North Africa
The Legacy of Hashemi Rafsanjani
Multimedia, 9 January 2017RUSI Research Fellow Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi discusses on AlJazeera English the legacy and significance of Iranian leader Hashemi Rafsanjani as he passes away.
Tags: Iran, International Security Studies, Middle East and North AfricaPages
Iran's Objectives and Capabilities: Deterrence and Subversion
Occasional Papers, 19 February 2019Jack Watling
This Occasional Paper explores Iran's foreign policy objectives through a strategic lens, considering strengths, weaknesses, and proxy relationships.
Civil–Military Relations, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iran, Occasional Papers, Global Strategy and Commitments, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Military Personnel, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Introducing a Trauma-Informed Practice Framework to Provide Support in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Case of the Syrian White Helmets
RUSI Journal, 28 January 2019Nicola Lester
A proposal for a ‘trauma-informed’ framework to provide training and support to the Syrian White Helmets.
RUSI Journal, Syria, Resilience, Middle East and North Africa
Armed Drones in the Middle East: Proliferation and Norms in the Region
Occasional Papers, 17 December 2018Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi and Justin Bronk
This Occasional Paper aims to provide an in-depth inventory of armed drones possessed by Middle Eastern states, assessing quantity, types and timeframes; and to explore where and how armed drones...
Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Occasional Papers, International Security Studies, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement
Whitehall Papers, 20 September 2018Jean-Loup Samaan
Offering a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.
Whitehall Papers, Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Spring Goes to Winter: A Very Twenty-First Century Revolution in the Middle East
RUSI Newsbrief, 6 April 2018Rucheka Jain
The Arab Spring of 2011, a time of hope and optimism especially for the region’s young people, has become an Arab Winter. To turn the tide, young people must rally behind a unifying cause and not be...
RUSI Newsbrief, Middle East and North AfricaPages
Briefing by Saudi Foreign Minister Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
Events, 20 June 2019His Excellency Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs delivered a briefing at RUSI on the Saudi view on Middle East security.
Middle East and North Africa
The Great Betrayal: How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East
Events, 21 May 2019At this event Professor David Phillips will examine US Middle East policy, how it relates to Kurdish political aspirations and the role of Kurdish fighters combating ISIS in Iraq and Syria
RUSI International, Middle East and North Africa
Yemen: A Pathway to Reconciliation
Events, 16 May 2019This event will explore ways in which both Yemeni society and its disparate political groups can begin to reach compromise.
RUSI International, Middle East and North Africa
Learning to Fight Daesh
Events, 11 March 2019A lecture by Lieutenant General Jameel Kamil Al Shimary, President of Iraq’s Defence University for Military Studies.
Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
Iraq, Iran and the US: Economic trends in the wake of sanctions
Events, 31 October 2018In association with the Iraq Britain Business Council, RUSI will host a panel discussion on the future of Iraq, its economic and political stability.
RUSI International, Iran, Iraq, Middle East and North AfricaPages
"”De kan se, at USA ikke vil bekæmpe dem militært, selvom den nationale sikkerhedsrådgiver John Bolton taler for det. Men han er i mindretal. Så de har erkendt, at deres eneste middel nu er at øge presset med angreb begået i Irak og Saudi-Arabien af støttegrupper, at skade tankskibe med miner, og altså senest ved at tilbageholde et skib,” siger Jack Watling. Han fremhæver, at presset handler om at få Europa til forhandlingsbordet, fordi de krav, som USA har stillet for at genoplive atomaftalen, er totalt uspiselige for Iran. USA har blandt andet krævet fuld adgang til alle atomanlæg, stop for støtte til grupper, som USA anser som terrorister, og alle iranske soldater trukket ud af Syrien."
Iran kan forstærke konflikten i Hormuzstrædet
In The News, 25 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
"'“Iran has responded in a way that presents the UK with a problem,” Michael Stephens, Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London, told the Sunday Telegraph. "The ball is now in our court. The UK could choose to detain more Iranian ships, or look to gather a group of states around the table, such as France, Germany and the US, to see how, and in what ways, more pressure can be placed on Iran both economically and strategically," he said.""
Iran crisis: How and why a British oil tanker was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards
In The News, 21 July 2019 Tags: RUSI International, Iran, UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
"On China, many Muslim countries appear to be singing the same tune. "China's treatment of parts of its Muslim population is not a partisan issue in the Arab world," said HA Hellyer, senior associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute in London and the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. "Even if they disagree on a whole slew of other issues, such as the (Gulf Arab) crisis, Syria, Yemen, Iran and so forth," said Hellyer, "no Muslim leader in the Arab world or the wider region, including Turkey, seems to have much compunction about lining up alongside Beijing.""
Muslim nations are defending China as it cracks down on Muslims, shattering any myths of Islamic solidarity
In The News, 17 July 2019 Tags: China, Middle East and North Africa
"“They’re trying to defend themselves the only way a small country with wealth can do it…. They are trading investment and capital flows, not just oil, for security,” he said."
Doha’s ‘Foreign Policy Is Economic Policy’ - Analysis
In The News, 15 July 2019 Tags: Middle East and North Africa
"“The theatre air-defence capabilities of the Type 45, which can intercept cruise missiles over a wide area, can also provide defence against Iranian weapons such as the Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship cruise missile if a crisis did become kinetic,” he said. "
UK deploys destroyer to Arabian Gulf as Iran tensions heighten
In The News, 12 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces, Middle East and North Africa
Get Africa Involved: Morocco’s Lead in the Management of Immigration
Turkey, the US and the S-400: A Counter-Narrative
India Tightens Control Over Jammu and Kashmir