Attacks by the Yemen-based Houthi militant group against ships travelling through the Red Sea have sent shockwaves through the global trading system. Zaynab Hoosen considers the impact of persistent tensions in the Middle East on the global shipping sector and spillovers that have impacted Egypt and Europe.
The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict is no longer confined to Gaza, Israel, and southern Lebanon, with its reverberations being felt in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. Tamsin Hunt explores some of the ways in which current hostilities could be the catalyst for greater escalation in the region.
Global power balances are shifting, with consequences for both nation-states and businesses. Tamsin Hunt and Asees Bajaj explore the growing fractures in the geopolitical landscape, and assess the sources of disruption that may trigger long-term change.
S-RM spoke to Paul Padman, Deputy Head of Crisis Response, about some of the global trends in kidnapping, political evacuations and wrongful detention cases, and to hear about some of the key considerations for S-RM’s Crisis Response team when they are working on a live case.
While organised crime is often thought to occur on the fringes of society, a combination of shifting trafficking routes, migration, and socio-economic challenges are increasingly facilitating gang rivalries that have driven brazen, often indiscriminate violence in tourist hubs and major urban centres, writes Erin Drake.
The Israeli offensive against Hamas following the group’s 7 October attack on Israel has prompted mass protests throughout Jordan. While the frequency and intensity of demonstrations have decreased recently, Jordanian leaders remain wary of the impact of Israeli-Palestinian tensions on the country’s internal stability, writes Emma Johnston.
Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October has deepened divisions throughout the Middle East, and raised concerns of a wider, regional conflict. Tamsin Hunt investigates how the main regional stakeholders in this conflict are likely to navigate this conflict in the coming months.
While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) electoral success will likely demoralise the opposition in the short term, the president faces several critical challenges as he starts his new term, writes Tamsin Hunt.
Massive countrywide anti-government protests have been ongoing in Israel since 7 January. While the immediate trigger for the protests was a series of proposed judicial reforms, Jervin Naidoo discusses how these reforms are in fact rooted in fears of substantial changes to the long-term political and economic stability of Israel.
In 2022, countries faced geopolitical changes that have had disastrous consequences domestically, leading to economic crises, political turbulence, and social instability. Erin Drake writes that a combination of existing and emerging challenges will continue to drive unrest in 2023 as governments face a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
While Tunisia’s political paralysis post-revolution and related popular disillusionment have made it easier for President Kais Saied to launch his authoritarian agenda, his growing unpopularity and the country’s deep socioeconomic challenges could be the catalyst for a new round of anti-government protests, writes Tamsin Hunt.
Richard Gardiner considers how Libyan stakeholders continue to use oil to further their own agendas in the midst of a deepening political crisis and argues that further disruptions to oil exports are inevitable unless long-term stability is achieved.