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Conflict between Pakistan and Iran and the Ongoing Gaza-Israel War: Brief Analysis of the Linkages

After last week’s tit-for-tat missile attacks, Pakistan and Iran have moved quickly to de-escalate tensions. At the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian…

January 24, 2024Iran, Pakistan

Conflict Geopolitics Terrorism

Iranian IRGC deployed in Yemen to support Houthis

Commanders and advisors from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are on the ground in Yemen and playing a direct role in Houthi rebel attacks on commercial traffic in the…

January 16, 2024Iran, Yemen

Conflict Geopolitics Terrorism

Rwanda-Burundi tensions threaten regional stability

Border tensions disrupting EAC integration. However, we do not see significant risks of military conflict between two countries yet. Burundi's closure of its border with Rwanda follows Burundi's President Evariste…

January 15, 2024Burundi, DRC, Rwanda

Conflict Estimates National Security

Iran will react or not after the killing of its general in Syria

When Imad Mughniyeh was killed in Damascus in February 2008, the reverberations of that execution extended beyond the region. It was not about a minor figure. Wherever he went, in…

December 28, 2023HAMAS, Iran, Israel, Palestine

Conflict Governance Intelligence ops

Warning: foreign students are advised to leave Russia urgently

We advise all foreign nationals who are studying at universities in Russia leave the country immediately, due to high risk of provocation, recruitment by Russian army with further sending to…

December 7, 2023GRU, Nepal, Russia

Conflict

Venezuela and Guyana: the military conflict possible

Venezuela may soon invade the small South American country Guayana to annex its region Esequibas, which makes up more than 60% of the country's territory and is claimed by the…

December 1, 2023Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela

Conflict Estimates Geopolitics

Estimations: Will Ethiopia and Eritrea start military conflict over Red Sea ports access

There are emerging fears that all the gains made five years ago toward Ethiopia and Eritrea peace could soon be in jeopardy. Prime Minister Abiy said that Ethiopia deserves a port on the Red Sea of…

November 17, 2023Eritrea, Ethiopia

Conflict Governance

Vucic showed again that he is not interested in the European agenda

There is no longer a dilemma that the terrorist attack on September 24 originated in Serbia. Kosovo Police have presented a lots of evidences of this, but an international investigation is required…

October 11, 2023Kosovo, Serbia

Conflict Propaganda and Disinformation Warfare

Russian PsyOp proves the Kremlin’s involvement in the operation agaist Israel

The forecasting about Russia’s misinformation campaign aimed at diverting attention to another 'unsuitable' target in matters of supplying weapons to Hamas militants for attacking Israel was confirmed. On October 7,…

October 9, 2023HAMAS, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Wagner Group

Conflict National Security

More mercenaries to contract: how the Kremlin tries to handle heavy losses in Ukraine

In order to make up for major losses it is suffering in Ukraine Russia is doing its best to increase the number of mercenaries from among citizens of “friendly countries”.…

October 6, 2023Russia, Serbia, Ukraine