Ukraine is a victim of aggression – but is it a victim of Genocide? Genocide is a legal term used by politicians, journalists, and ordinary people in their discussions to describe the atrocities caused by the different wars around the world from the Syrian War to the Yemeni War and recently in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. […]
The Lebanese Republic does not currently have a comprehensive Defense Strategy. This paper explores the reasons for this oversight and the legal and constitutional mechanisms surrounding such a policy. Finally, this paper proposes a Defense Strategy for the Lebanese Republic. Not comprehensive by any means, this proposed Defense Strategy nevertheless discusses Lebanon’s assets in light of its geopolitical status and posits propositions in the matter of geography, military, water security, economy, human capital, intelligence, and finally oil & gas. This proposition has a self-admitted hamartia – it does not account for Hezbollah and other armed groups, as to do so would be impossible given the diplomatic intricacy and sensitivity of the matter. Indeed, the matter of Hezbollah and other armed groups is one of the main reasons why there is no Lebanese Defense Strategy to begin with. The Lebanese Republic must determine whether or not Hezbollah et al. are a national asset or a national threat, something that it has so far failed to do. This paper does not take a position on the matter.
The Lebanese Republic does not currently have a comprehensive Defense Strategy. This paper explores the reasons for this oversight and the legal and constitutional mechanisms surrounding such a policy. Finally, this paper proposes a Defense Strategy for the Lebanese Republic. Not comprehensive by any means, this proposed Defense Strategy nevertheless discusses Lebanon’s assets in light of its geopolitical status and posits propositions in the matter of geography, military, water security, economy, human capital, intelligence, and finally oil & gas. This proposition has a self-admitted hamartia – it does not account for Hezbollah and other armed groups, as to do so would be impossible given the diplomatic intricacy and sensitivity of the matter. Indeed, the matter of Hezbollah and other armed groups is one of the main reasons why there is no Lebanese Defense Strategy to begin with. The Lebanese Republic must determine whether or not Hezbollah et al. are a national asset or a national threat, something that it has so far failed to do. This paper does not take a position on the matter.
The stakes are high in Yemen; it has never been a simple regional issue as the outcome of that war has global implications. Should the Tehran backed Houthis succeed, the Suez passage would be rendered moot and Iran would effectively control passage through both the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
The stakes are high in Yemen; it has never been a simple regional issue as the outcome of that war has global implications. Should the Tehran backed Houthis succeed, the Suez passage would be rendered moot and Iran would effectively control passage through both the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
منذ أيام وتدور حرب ضارية بين جيش اقليم قره باغ المستقل المعروف بأرتساخ واذربيجان، والتي لاقت اهتماماً واسعاً في العالم لأهمية وخطورة الوضع القائم في ظل انتظار التدخل الدولي لايقاف العمليات العسكرية للتعريف عن منطقة النزاع، انها هضبة جبلية في القوقاز سكانها ارمن منذ عهد مملكة أوراتو (ارارات) حتى يومنا الحالي، أي قبل وجود العرق […]
An Introduction to the Grand Strategies of Nations International Relations Grand Strategy is a political term that complicates many. It sounds ambitious but really it’s just a method to resolve specific kinds of complications. Grand strategy’s focal attraction is that it proposes the probability of determining events rather than being determined by them. Some grand […]
رافق التطور العلمي و المعرفي لحقل العلاقات الدولية بروز العديد من العلوم و الأطر المعرفية المفّسرة للأحداث الدولية سواءً في شكلها التنازعي أو التعاوني، والمعروف أنَّ لكل ظاهرة سياسية في الطبيعة قانون يفّسرها ،ومهمّة الباحث هو البحث عن هذا القانون، انطلاقاً من هذا، ساهم بعض مفكري وباحثي القرن التاسع عشر، في ميلاد علم جديد في […]