A wave of security raids in Tunisia over the past week has refocused attention on the country’s domestic militancy threat as the armed forces attempt to improve the security of the country’s border with Libya.
Francesca Fazey assesses the increase in wrongful detentions in Egypt over 2016 and the implications for foreign nationals going into 2017, notably journalists and NGO workers.
Shifting geopolitics and a consolidation of control by several of the Middle East's ‘strongmen' has multiple implications for the region in 2017. Francesca Fazey and Julian Karssen consider the likely effects of Russia's emergence as the region's new global power, after its decisive role in the recapture of Aleppo.
Turkey enters 2017 facing security crises on multiple fronts. Francesca Fazey and Julian Karssen unpack the terrorism risk in the country in the year ahead.