Emile Fabre

NATO is obsolete, how European defence will extinct the Atlantic dinosaur 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 03/10/2017
Will Europe finally step out of the Cold War shadow? The newly inaugurated NATO headquarters in Brussels sees its corridors resonating with talks on defence spending and promises of a deeper transatlantic cooperation. Such unrelenting repetition of vague pledges illustrates the shift the organisation has embraced from a military to a political role.
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Baluchistan, a thorn in the Persian giant’s side 1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 18/08/2017
At the cross-roads of Asia and the Middle East, detaining both the world’s second largest natural gas reserves and the fourth largest oil supplies, Iran’s strategic location is both its strength and weakness. And within this Persian giant, no other region better embodies such challenges as that of Baluchistan overlapping South-Eastern Iran, Western Pakistan and Southern Afghanistan.
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Turmoil in Southern Philippines – next step towards the creation of a new ISIS Caliphate?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 07/07/2017
Since the 23rd of May, ISIS’s regional allies, Abu Sayyaf and Maute, have taken roots in the southern Filipino town of Marawi, despite several attempts by Manilla´s governmental forces to recapture the city. The Mindanao morass is just another milestone in a decade long conflict crippling the Southern regions of the archipelago. The growing influence of ISIS in Southeast Asia is increasingly menacing regional stability. This dramatic state of play has led to concerns about the region sheltering the next Willayah, the official provinces of ISIS. With such a threat looming on the horizon, how can regional governments develop long-term fitting responses?
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