The Weaponization of Water in Conflict Zones: A Global Crisis Unfolds
Libya, torn apart by a decade of conflict, has also seen its water infrastructure targeted and destroyed.
Yemen
IMF: Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Global Trade
High-frequency transit estimates show a staggering 50% year-on-year decline in Suez Canal trade in the first two months of 2024.
Rising Geopolitical Risks and Declining Maritime Security in the Red Sea
Houthi attacks are causing significant economic and security problems in the region, impacting the global economy and maritime security, and…
Mercenaries Reveal UAE Funding to Assassinate Opponents in Yemen
In an exclusive interview, a Yemeni whistleblower alleged that the mercenaries helped in the continuation of the assassinations program by…
How Are the Gulf States Approaching the Yemen Crisis?
Attacks against the Houthis may increase anti-American sentiment among Middle Easterners who oppose foreign intervention.
The Houthi Gambit in the Red Sea: Victors, Vanquished, and What Lies Beyond
The most likely scenario in the Red Sea is the continuation and prolongation of Houthi attacks.
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
