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The impact of the US withdrawal from Syria on the Gulf States

On October 6, the White House announced that President Trump had given his endorsement for a Turkish military operation in northeast...

The impact of the US withdrawal from Syria on Turkey

Oct 16, 20191 min read

The impact of the US withdrawal from Syria on Turkey

On October 6, the White House announced that President Trump had given his endorsement for a Turkish military operation in northeast...

Interview with Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel: Next Generation Technology and National Security

Oct 10, 20191 min read

Interview with Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel: Next Generation Technology and National Security

Wikistrat recently interviewed Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, an internationally renowned expert on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and...

Interview with Dr. Ahmet Erdi Öztürk- Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy

Sep 29, 20191 min read

Interview with Dr. Ahmet Erdi Öztürk- Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy

Wikistrat recently conducted an interview with Dr. Ahmet Erdi Öztürk on trends in Turkish foreign policy. Ahmet is a lecturer of Politics...

Interview with Prof. Anoush Ehteshami on the Aramco Attacks

Sep 19, 20191 min read

Interview with Prof. Anoush Ehteshami on the Aramco Attacks

Following the attacks on the Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, earlier this week, Wikistrat conducted a special interview...

Aug 28, 20191 min read

Exploring the tensions in Kashmir

On 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. Jammu and Kashmir is...

The Death Of Hamza Bin Laden - A Serious Blow To Al-Qaeda’s Ambitions

Aug 16, 20191 min read

The Death Of Hamza Bin Laden - A Serious Blow To Al-Qaeda’s Ambitions

The recent news of the demise of Hamza bin Laden, the favorite son of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, appears to be a major blow to...

Invite: Exploring U.S.-Iran Escalation Scenarios

Aug 8, 20191 min read

Invite: Exploring U.S.-Iran Escalation Scenarios

It has been more than a year since President Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The Iranians, meanwhile, have recently...

Aug 7, 20191 min read

The Competition Over Red Sea Ports

The Red Sea is one of the most important trade routes in the world. Countries bordering the Red Sea have established several ports across...

David P. Goldman: A closer look at US-China competition

Jul 17, 20197 min read

David P. Goldman: A closer look at US-China competition

China raises the specter of the United States going into a decline comparable to that of Great Britain after it ceased to be a world power.

Beyond maximum pressure: An interview with Iran expert Michael Pregent

Jun 24, 20197 min read

Beyond maximum pressure: An interview with Iran expert Michael Pregent

Wikistrat sat down with Hudson Institute senior fellow and former U.S. intelligence officer Michael Pregent to get a deeper insight into U.S

Jun 5, 20199 min read

Political Dynamics in the Gulf

Wikistrat Interview with Cinzia Bianco Q: This month marks two years since the start of this crisis between the GCC states, so how do you...

Jun 5, 20191 min read

The resurfacing of Al-Baghdadi

Wikistrat's experts provide their analysis on the implications of the reappearance of the ISIS leader in Iraq. If you wish to join our...

Sam Tadros: Egypt's Constitutional Amendments and Referendum

Apr 29, 201911 min read

Sam Tadros: Egypt's Constitutional Amendments and Referendum

An interview with Wikistrat Expert Sam Tadros

Wikistrat Activity: India - Pakistan Tensions

Mar 1, 20191 min read

Wikistrat Activity: India - Pakistan Tensions

During February of 2019, the situation in South Asia has escalated dramatically. It all started on February 14, when a suicide attack on...

Jun 15, 20162 min read

A Chinese Spring

Widespread unrest in China on the scale of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising is still unlikely, but there are hundreds of smaller...

Jun 1, 20162 min read

Four Pathways for ISIS in Libya

This report summarizes the finding of a wargame Wikistrat ran to explore how the United States government should respond to a range of...

Turkey’s Intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Apr 1, 20162 min read

Turkey’s Intervention in the Syrian Civil War

140 analysts from Wikistrat’s global community of 2,200 recently wargamed a scenario in which Turkey invades northern Syria to establish...

Alternative Futures from Trans-Sahel Illicit Trafficking

Dec 1, 20131 min read