Jad El Khannoussi Astract: The return of China to the international political scene, after two centuries of absence, not only made it recover its historical place as an influential force in the rules of the game of nations, that modified the balance of forces as the fall of the Berlin Wall … [Read more...]
Iran and the Gulf States: Statics and Dynamics (Irán y los países del Golfo: Estáticas y Dinámicas)
Phd. Jad El Khannoussi Abstract The relations between Iran and its Gulf neighbors were characterized by a markedly conflictive tone, whose most critical point was initiated in the Iranian Revolution (1979). A very recurrent theme throughout history, object of multiple studies by historians, … [Read more...]
RUSSIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA: A QUIET RETURN?
Jad El KHANNOUSSI, PhD* Abstract. In the last decade, Africa in general and its eastern part (the African Horn) in particular, witnessed an intense Russian diplomatic activity. The latter began with a series of visits in due course by Vladimir Putin, as well as Dmitri Medvedev. A few visits that … [Read more...]
EL MUNDO ÁRABE Y LA DEMOCRACIA: ¿UN MATRIMONIO PENDIENTE?
Jad El KHANNOUSSI Abstract. The Arab peoples have been trying for democracy for more than a century. A process in which their societies have manifested themselves in very different ways, especially through revolutions, and Arab thought has tried different political and intellectual theories. A … [Read more...]
Turkey and Its Geopolitical Reserves: between East and West
Jad el KHANNOUSSI During the last decade, we have been witnessing an increase in the studies of the exterior movements of Turkey. The Anatolian country, under Erdogan´s command, does not cease in acquiring importance on the international stage. This situation is in part owed to its foreign policy, … [Read more...]