Building the Gulf’s missing collective Air Defense Shield
Gulf states own advanced defenses, but fragmented command and warning networks prevent them from turning national arsenals into credible collective deterrence.
Author: Dr. Minas Lyristis
Europe’s Hybrid War Beyond Ukraine
Russia's war against Ukraine is reshaping European security through deterrence, diplomacy, and hybrid pressure across Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
How Saudi Arabia and the UAE are turning electrons into influence.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are transforming energy abundance into strategic AI infrastructure. This "compute diplomacy" turns data centers into powerful geopolitical leverage.
Riyadh’s strategic hedging: Survival in a multipolar Middle East
As the post-Cold War order fractures, Saudi Arabia abandons mono-alignment for a doctrine of transactional realism. By leveraging Chinese infrastructure, Russian energy coordination, and American security guarantees, Riyadh is not merely balancing powers but establishing itself as an autonomous pole...
The Fracture of the Gulf: Asymmetric Warfare and Strategic Divergence in Yemen
The dissolution of the Southern Transitional Council marks the collision of Saudi continentalism and Emirati thalassocracy, fundamentally altering the Arabian Peninsula’s security architecture.
