On June 10, 2025, General Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), issued a sobering assessment before the House Armed Services Committee. [i] While affirming that Camp Lemonnier ...

Regime change is sometimes simple but managing its consequences is always messy. As cerebral a president as Barrack Obama was, he ruefully acknowledged as much when he told Fox News correspondent ...

In the powder keg of the Middle East, three primary actors influence strategic developments at present. U.S. President Donald Trump commands with his tweet diplomacy, blurring the line between farce ...

The Trump administration’s change of tone on the US’ transatlantic commitments and the possibility of the president reducing American military presence in Europe has propelled forward policy ...

Saudi Arabia’s importance as a global broker in diplomacy has been effectively growing. The New York Times’ recent headline read: “Thanks to Trump, Saudi Arabia gets a big week in international ...

In February 2025, the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum (MENAF) hosted Palestinian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr Adnan Mjalli to discuss the “Pathways of Development in the Palestinian ...

“Climate point 1” is one of the most important scientific concepts regarding global and regional climate change and serves as a basic indicator for the direction climate change will take in the near- ...

Introduction The climate crisis continues to escalate, with the year 2024 once again breaking temperature records and being marked by extreme weather events. Global warming and the climate crisis ...

The Mediterranean is emerging as a climate hotspot: It is warming 20% faster than the global average and has already exceeded the 1.5°C threshold , posing a serious threat to the prosperity and ...

The changing political dynamics in Syria mark a significant turning point in the course of the Syrian civil war, also bringing about a reshaping of the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape. The ouster ...

In 1973 amid stalled Arab-Israeli negotiations, former Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban quipped that “the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” While this was a somewhat ...

Egypt, once one of the most influential countries not only in the Middle East and North Africa, but also in global affairs, has been facing a major economic crisis along with spiralling inflation.