Tag: Conflict Resolution

  • The IDSF on security challenges in the Middle East

    The IDSF on security challenges in the Middle East

    How does the IDSF perceive the current security challenges in the Middle East?/ Israel’s understanding in the region is strongly based on historical roots and innovative power. Its security is based on national resilience as a core capacity to address external threats, but also profits from the high-tech sector for military applications. /According to IDSF,…

  • Yemen’s Forgotten War

    Yemen’s Forgotten War

    Main question: How can Yemen’s civil war, one of the worst examples of state failure in the world, be understood given its many actors and causes? Argument: It is best understood as a case of state collapse, not only because of internal strife but also due to regional power struggles and foreign intervention. Conclusion: This…

  • Sudan War and Geopolitics:A Struggle for Influence

    Sudan War and Geopolitics:A Struggle for Influence

    -Sudan’s territory connects the Suez Canal to the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a crucial route in the region. -Wider regional divide regarding political Islam further undermines the possibility for a collective effort towards a ceasefire. -Trade of natural resources with neighbouring and Gulf countries finances the war for the SAF and RSF. -Repeated attempts to broker…

  • Trump’s Ceasefire in Israel-Gaza

    Trump’s Ceasefire in Israel-Gaza

    1.Why is Greenland strategically significant, what drives renewed interest in the territory? 2.Greenland’s position in the GIUK-gap and its vast untapped resources make it vital for Arctic geopolitics. Trump’s interest reflects broader US ambitions to secure dominance in the Arctic amidst resource competition and strategic military concerns. 3.Greenland’s role in Arctic geopolitics underscores its global…

  • An End in Sight?: Washington’s Gaza Peace Plan

    An End in Sight?: Washington’s Gaza Peace Plan

    -Will the 20 point peace plan bring stability to the Middle East? -The peace deal represents a historic opening for de-escalation in the Israel–Palestine conflict. However, this opportunity is extremely fragile because the agreement’s success depends on its implementation. -While the agreement offers a framework for stability and a possible end to decades of hostility,…

  • Why Donbas Is Important for Russia

    Why Donbas Is Important for Russia

    – Why is the Donbas region so vital to Russia’s strategy in Ukraine and Europe? – Donbas embodies Russia’s historical drive for territorial control, provides key industrial and strategic advantages, and serves as a platform for projecting military and political influence. – Control of Donbas reinforces Russia’s imperial ambitions, reshapes Europe’s security order, and sustains…

  • Missing the Jungle for the Trees

    Missing the Jungle for the Trees

    How did US intelligence miss the warning signs of the Tet Offensive? Dmytro Sochnyev revisits one of the Vietnam War’s most consequential intelligence failures. Despite abundant evidence of an imminent large-scale attack, entrenched assumptions and cognitive bias blinded American commanders to the signs. Sochnyev analyses how this misjudgement turned a tactical success into a strategic…

  • Western Palestine Recognition: Symbol or Solution?

    Western Palestine Recognition: Symbol or Solution?

    – Is the recognition of Palestine a genuine turning point or merely a symbolic political repositioning? – Recognition signals moral leadership and support for a two-state solution but lacks concrete measures to impact the conflict. – While diplomatically significant, recognition remains largely symbolic; it can influence negotiations but requires concrete follow-up to affect real change.

  • Gas, Rubies and Jihad

    Gas, Rubies and Jihad

    Why has Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province become the centre of a violent Islamist insurgency, and what factors are shaping the conflict? The insurgency grew out of deep local grievances – inequality, marginalisation, lack of governance, and resource exclusion – which the Mozambican state has failed to address. Despite immense natural wealth, Cabo Delgado remains one…

  • From Proxy War to Nuclear Brinkmanship

    From Proxy War to Nuclear Brinkmanship

    Between June 12 and 14, intense hostilities unfolded between Israel and Iran, with strikes severely weakening but not fully eliminating Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Proxy warfare dynamics shifted, with Iran-aligned groups remaining inactive or restrained due to strategic and operational hesitation. Power dynamics in the regions sharpened, specifically between Israel and Sunni Arab states, while Syria’s…