Eastern Iran holds strategic importance as a linkage between Iran and both Pakistan and Afghanistan. Beyond being a natural corridor for trade and the movement of…
Year: 2025
Executive Summary Extremist organisations are rapidly evolving their communications and propaganda strategies, harnessing modern encryption tools and artificial intelligence to enhance recruitment, concealment and influence. Groups…
On 9 September 2025, Israel conducted a precision strike inside the Qatari capital, Doha, targeting a meeting of Hamas political leaders who were discussing a US-sponsored…
The Gulf Cooperation Council states constitute a geostrategic theater of paramount importance for Israeli intelligence services, foremost among them the external intelligence service Mossad and the…
The United Arab Emirates’ firm stance toward the Muslim Brotherhood and a range of political-Islam movements after the Arab Spring of 2011 marked a major turning…
Executive SummaryThis analytical paper examines the roles and structures of intelligence agencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Iran within a complex regional context…
At dawn on June 13, 2025, explosions thundered across Tehran’s skies, marking the start of a new chapter in the Israeli-Iranian confrontation—one that broke with the…
The Gulf states are navigating one of the most precarious geopolitical moments in decades. They find themselves at the intersection of a dangerous escalation between Israel…
Just over a year ago, I participated in a consultative meeting with fellow researchers and experts to discuss the narrative that Gulf states have successfully solidified…
Executive SummaryThis report offers a thorough and comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of extremism in the Gulf region, seeking to understand it through a precise analysis…