Middle East

Since the Arab Spring in 2011, Yemen has been embroiled in disorder and tragedy. The rise of the Houthi group, who challenged the central government and seized power in Sanaa in 2014, continues to wreak havoc.  The amount of destruction that multiple civil wars in the last several decades has generated unfathomable destruction and health crises but the entire story is much more complex as it ripples across several countries in the Middle East. Powerful state and non-state act

Pakistan and the Taliban has had relatively good relations for years. Pakistan has since Taliban came back to power in 2021 assumed that Taliban would ultimately act as a counterbalance against India. Even before Taliban returned to power, Taliban still had influence in Southern Afghanistan, and Pakistan needed to make sure that that Taliban would not be supporting and exporting terror groups from Afghanistan to Pakistan, notably Pakistani Taliban or (TTP). Who has waged a vi

The conflict between Israel and Hamas remains one of the most destabilizing conflicts in the Middle East in over a decade. Following the attacks on October 7 th , 2023, by Hamas, which resulted in the deaths of over 1200 Israelis as well as the abduction of more than 200 hostages, the Israeli government began a full-scale military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Since then, the conflict has resulted in massive destruction. Tens of thousands of Palestinians casualties, the displac