ARTICLES
The Growing Gulf: Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran
As relations once again deteriorate between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the lasting effect is likely to be an extension of regional conflicts, writes Julian Karssen
As relations once again deteriorate between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the lasting effect is likely to be an extension of regional conflicts, writes Julian Karssen
The Cologne assaults on New Year's Eve have sparked debate over Germany's policy towards refugees. Lara Sierra-Rubia explores how the assaults are likely to cause the German government to implement more stringent immigration policies.
Rousseff's potential impeachment is unlikely to bring the change needed to reform Brazil's economy and combat widespread government corruption, writes Lloyd Belton.
China's anti-corruption campaign will be watched closely by the private sector in 2016, writes Mandira Bagwandeen.
Mandira Bagwandeen examines the heightened kidnapping and extortion risk to travellers in the Philippines following the kidnapping of several foreigners and a local bullet planting scheme at several airports in 2015.
Julian Karssen reviews the ways in which the Islamic State militant group has consolidated its operations in Iraq and Syria over 2015, with a focus on the group's diverse sources of income. Going into 2016, as IS's influence spreads throughout the globe, the group's growing array of affiliates are increasingly likely to replicate its modus operandi…
Gabrielle Reid, explores how kidnappings perpetrated by Islamist militantsin the Sahel re-emerged as a threat in 2015 as a result of protractedinsecurity in northern Mali. Looking ahead, various political evacuationorders are likely to be issued in Africa over the coming year and will requireclose monitoring.
Lloyd Belton underscores vulnerabilities facing certain Olympic event sites in the face of gang violence in Rio de Janeiro.
Virtual kidnappings pose an emerging threat in 2016 following changes in UK and US ransom policy, writes Lara Sierra-Rubia.
The recent spate of violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine has drawn international attention back to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the prospects for renewed peace negotiations are at a low ebb, writes Julian Karssen.