Publishing Institution: Al Jazeera Center for Studies / Topic: Geopolitics

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 03-2020
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: After Turkey’s unsuccessful ultimatum set for the Syrian regime and its Russian ally to commit to the Sochi Agreement, Ankara has targeted the Assad regime and its allies’ locations along the de-escalation zone by launching Operation Spring Shield. Russia has capitalized on Turkey’s anger by offering an agreement establishing new facts on ground during a Turkish-Russian summit on March 5th.
Topic:: Military Strategy, Armed Forces, Geopolitics, Conflict, and Syrian War
Political Geography:: Russia, Turkey, Middle East, Syria, United States of America, and Idlib

Author:: James M Dorsey
Publication Date:: 02-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: It is the geopolitics rather than the economics of energy that will drive US interest, particularly as it regards efforts to change Iranian policies, if not the Iranian regime, as well as the longer-term power balance in the Middle East.
Topic:: Energy Policy, Oil, Natural Resources, Geopolitics, and Donald Trump
Political Geography:: Iran, Middle East, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Mehari Taddele Maru
Publication Date:: 03-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: Very few consider that despite the possibility of conflict or cooperation, such changes in the exploitation of the Nile River resources are due to changing relations and the need to address long-standing unfair and hegemonic approaches to trans-boundary resource sharing.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, Regional Cooperation, Natural Resources, and Geopolitics
Political Geography:: Africa, North Africa, Ethiopia, and Egypt

Author:: Mohammed Cherkaoui
Publication Date:: 03-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: One should highlight the distance between fiction and reality. However, a number of China politics observers and Western military officials have claimed a strong link between Coronavirus and recent research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Topic:: Geopolitics, Neoliberalism, Coronavirus, Pandemic, and COVID-19
Political Geography:: China and Asia

Author:: Mohammed Cherkaoui
Publication Date:: 03-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: What is needed now, more than ever, is a public debate of moral autonomy of citizens in redefining the rights and obligations of the state and reconstructing their moral authority. The debate needs to kick off on a blank slate.
Topic:: Geopolitics, Neoliberalism, Coronavirus, and COVID-19
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Zaki Shaikh
Publication Date:: 04-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: By carrying on the activities of the Russian military contingents in Syria and with its backing of Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar, Moscow seeks to reassert its role in the Mediterranean and leverage a strategy for generating low-risk yet high yield wins.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Military Strategy, Geopolitics, and Military Intervention
Political Geography:: Russia, Eurasia, Middle East, Libya, Syria, and Mediterranean

Author:: Ross Harrison
Publication Date:: 04-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: The United States and Iran are poised for a showdown. Understanding where we are today with this conflict and where we are likely to go in the future requires that we look at the conflicting strategic doctrines between the United States and Iran against a backdrop of a shifting Middle East.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, Foreign Policy, Military Strategy, and Geopolitics
Political Geography:: Iran, Middle East, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Publication Date:: 04-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: China has tried to take advantage of the Coronavirus crisis to boost its international role and status. Nonetheless, China’s own mistakes in battling the virus as well as diplomatic aggressiveness have raised doubts about its capacity to become a world leader.
Topic:: Geopolitics, Coronavirus, COVID-19, and Health Crisis
Political Geography:: China and Asia

Author:: Richard E. Rubenstein and Oakley Thomas Hill
Publication Date:: 04-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: Why would Trump run the risk of a war by assassinating Iran’s most effective general? Conventional Realist explanations do not answer the question adequately. The imperial strategy and the American Empire’s decline points toward a more convincing (and alarming) explanation.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Geopolitics, Donald Trump, and Qassem Soleimani
Political Geography:: Iran, Middle East, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Kayhan Barzegar
Publication Date:: 06-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: As the dice of the “maximum pressure” and “maximum resistance” policies are rotating between Iran and the United States, a new synthesis, seemingly satisfactory for both parties, emerges and that is appealing to a “minimum containment” policy and avoiding an unwanted war.
Topic:: Diplomacy, Geopolitics, and Donald Trump
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

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