REPORT: Dynamics of Russo-Iranian Collaboration in Syria

The Syrian Civil War has been raging for more than half a decade, and has attracted the interventions of numerous external actors from across the globe. Whether interested in promoting peace or ensuring that their preferred faction increases influence, these external actors are as important to delineating the longevity and prospects of the conflict as […]

PublishedApril 20th, 2017 Author Legacy
Topics

• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Strategic Comment
• Iran
• Russia
• Syria

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2017/04/report-dynamics-of-russo-iranian-collaboration-in-syria/

SITUATION ANALYSIS: Making sense of Russia’s onslaught on Syria: Rethinking geopolitics in the Middle East

Earlier this year, IISA published an Annual Strategic Brief as part of the ‘Ibn Khaldun’ paper series (http://iisa.org.uk/ibn-khaldun-paper-series/2016/06/annual-strategic-brief-2016-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/) focusing on geopolitics in the Middle East. Our main argument was that the state of conflicts and geopolitics in the Middle East is much more complex than conventionally thought, and comprises ‘internal’ and ‘external’ struggles. Internal struggle […]

PublishedOctober 6th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Annual Strategic Brief in Review
• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Annual Strategic Brief
• China
• Geopolitics
• Middle East
• NATO
• Russia
• Syria
• US

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/situation-analysis-making-sense-of-russias-onslaught-on-syria-rethinking-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/

Attempted Coup in Turkey: Two Months On

On the evening of 15 July, 2016, reports of armed clashes in Ankara and Istanbul dominated global news coverage as a group of military officers attempted to seize power from the government headed by President Erdogan. This operation sought to secure sites of information dissemination and restrict movement through the country, but ultimately failed in […]

PublishedSeptember 15th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Featured
• Strategic Comment
• EU
• Geopolitics
• ISIS
• NATO
• Russia
• Syria
• Turkey
• US

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/2855/

Syrian conflict and rethinking ‘Geopolitics in the Middle East’

Earlier this year, the Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA) published its Annual Strategic Brief, as part of the IISA Ibn Khaldun paper series, focusing on geopolitics in the Middle East. Our main argument was that state of conflicts and geopolitics in the Middle East is much more complex than conventionally thought, and comprises of […]

PublishedSeptember 8th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Annual Strategic Brief in Review
• Blog
• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Annual Strategic Brief
• Borders
• Geopolitics
• Iran
• Iraq
• ISIS
• Mosul
• Russia
• Syria
• Turkey
• US

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/situuation-analysis-syrian-conflict-and-rethinking-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/