In English:

“Will Niger get stuck on the Russia-West seesaw in the Sahel?”, The National, 24 March 2023.

“The Impact of Saudi-Iran Agreement”, MEI Snapshot, 17 March 2023.

“France Has Big Plans for the Indo-Pacific”, The National Interest, 14 January 2023.

“Reshuffling Alliances: How is Hamas Consolidating its Regional Presence Through al-Assad?”, Interregional for Strategic Analysis, 7 November 2022.

“Experts react: Bibi is back- back again for now”, Atlantic Council, 2 November 2022.https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/experts-react-bibi-is-back-back-again-for-now/

“The New Middle East is dismissing great power competition—for now”, Atlantic Council, 18 October 2022.

“Is France’s withdrawal from Mali the end of its ‘forever war’?”, The National, 17 August 2022.

“Under Macron’s leadership, France is leading a middle power strategy in the Gulf. Here’s how”, Atlantic Council, 16 August 2022.

“Until Israel deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it can’t lead in the region”, Atlantic Council, 23 May 2022.

“Spate of Killings Raises Troubling New Conundrums for Israel”, Middle East Institute-NUS, 13 April 2022.

“What Now for French Operations in the Sahel?”, Middle East Institute, 4 March 2022.

“The Shift that Wasn’t: Misreading the UAE’s New ‘Zero-Problem’ Policy”, Sada, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 8 February 2022.

“The UAE Military Transformation: Balancing between Emiratization and Westernisation”, Tawazun Blog, 3 January 202.

“Israel’s Security Ties with Morocco Could Come With a Cost”, World Politics Review, 9 December 2021.

“Why the relatively calm Lebanon-Israel border is heating up again”, The National, 23 August 2021.

“What the Boko Haram leader’s death means for the war against terror”, The National, 4 August 2021.

“How France’s operation in the Sahel unravelled”, The National, 15 June 2021.

“France’s defence strategy prepares for a messier world”, The National, 2 February 2021.

“The Sahelization of Military Education in Mauritania”, Tawazun Blog, 4 January 2021.

“NATO Eyes Toward China”, The National, 17 December 2020.

“Mali’s French connection risks becoming tenuous”, The National, 15 September 2020.

“The Limitations of a NATO-Middle East Middle East Cooperation”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 7 May 2020.

“Coronavirus, Naval Forces, and Maritime Security in the Strait of Hormuz”, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, 27 April 2020.

“How Nato’s Iraq expansion is a test for its Middle East plans”, The National, 24 February 2020.

“The UAE’s investment in Mauritania will help stabilise the wider sub-Sahara”, The National, 10 February 2020.

“India-Gulf ties are ready to soar”, The National, 25 January 2020.

“The Logic of the Rapprochement between India and the Arabian Gulf”, Sada, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 28 August 2019.

“Gulf Arab States Position Themselves to be Pivotal Players in the Indian Ocean”, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, 17 May 2019.

“The Rise of the Emirati Defense Industry”, Sada, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 14 May 2019.

“The Strategy Behind New Gulf War Colleges”, Sada, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 5 March 2019.

“Confronting the flaws in America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy”, War on the Rocks, 11 February 2019.

“What’s behind the growing ties between Asia and Arab monarchies”, Straits Times, 28 September 2018.

“In Golan, a battle looms between Iran and Israel”, The National, 26 October 2015.

“The rise and fall of the ‘Turkish Model’”, Hurriyet Daily News, 13 December 2013.

“Israel Looks Beyond the Region for Strategic Partners”, Al Monitor, 25 October 2013.

“France Out on Limb Over Syria”, Al Monitor, 12 September 2013.

“Is There a Role for NATO in the Israel-Palestine Peace Process?”, Al Monitor, 8 August 2013.

“UN Role in Post-Conflict Syria Depends on Geneva”, Al Monitor, 7 July 2013.

“The Pakistani Test of the Israel-India Partnership”, Al Monitor, 23 June 2013.

“UNIFIL’s Uncertain Future”, Al Monitor, 14 June 2013.

“EU Puts Hezbollah on Notice”, Al Monitor, 28 May 2013.

“The Limits to Europe’s Pivot to the Gulf”, Al Monitor, 23 May 2013.

“The Limits of Asia-Gulf Ties”, Al Monitor, 16 May 2013.

“US Arms Sales All About Iran”, Al Monitor, 10 May 2013.

“Israel and Iran Move Toward ‘Nuclear Opacity’”, Al Monitor, 24 April 2013.

“Syria’s Fragmented Opposition”, Al Monitor, 19 April 2013.

“Israeli ‘Deterrence’ Strategy in Gaza Unlikely to Bring Stability”, Al Monitor, 10 April 2013.

“Jordan Snared in Syrian Crisis”, Al Monitor, 3 April 2013

“The European Dilemmas on Arming Syrian Rebels”, Al Monitor, 27 March 2013.

“Israel-Turkey Strategic Ties Show Signs of Thawing”, Al Monitor, 20 March 2013.

“US Locked Into the Middle East”, Al Monitor, 13 March 2013.

“Misunderstanding Israeli Missile Defense”, Al Monitor, 5 March 2013.

“The Coming Unknown for NATO’s Policy on Syria”, Al Monitor, 27 February 2013.

“EU remains timid on Hizbollah out of fear for Lebanon”, The National, 26 February 2013.

“The Strategic Bargain of Israel-Hezbollah Deterrence”, Al Monitor, 12 February 2013.

“Death of Stuxnet marks half-hearted US-Iran diplomacy”, The National, 26 June 2012.

In French:

“La prolifération des drones ne modifie pas la donne stratégique au Proche-Orient”, Orient XXI, 23 February 2022.

“Israël face aux contradictions de sa politique de la périphérie”, L’Orient-Le Jour, 13 January 2018. (pdf)

“Quatre années pour basculer vers le Pacifique: le nouveau défi d’Obama”, L’Express, 18 December 2012.

“Donald Rumsfeld : Quel héritage pour l’armée américaine ?”, Institut Francais d’Analyse Stratégique, 23 November 2006. (pdf)

“Le Hezbollah fait-il basculer l’équilibre des puissances au Moyen-Orient ?”, Institut Francais d’Analyse Stratégique, 18 July 2006. (pdf)