24 November 2020 – The eighth edition of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series features a very open and candid discussion with Mr. Zine Labidine Ghebouli on the state of the Hirak in Algeria in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the recent November 2020 constitutional referendum. Mr. Ghebouli also discusses the future prospects for Read More >
Balancing State Security and Foreign Policy with Non-Traditional Security
20 November 2020 – The seventh edition of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series features Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha for a discussion on balancing foreign policy and state security with non-traditional security, particularly climate change and water security, within a South Asia regional context. Dr. Sinha answered a wide range of questions: from the need Read More >
Senior Executive Seminar – Gray Zone Warfare and Great Power Competition
16-20 November 2020 – the NESA Center held a Senior Executive Seminar themed “Gray Zone Warfare and Great Power Competition.” The week-long seminar is designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the evolving nature of modern warfare as waged by whole of government, using elements beyond conventional military. Gray zone warfare is waged not just Read More >
IMOF – Great Power Competition Implications for CENTCOM AOR
November 17-19, 2020 – NESA held an International Military Officers’ Forum (IMOF) seminar themed “Great Power Competition and Implications for Central Command’s Region.” The three day seminar featured internationally-recognized scholar-practitioners on the NESA Center faculty and elsewhere. The program was designed to educate over 150 foreign military officers stationed at U.S. Central Command as well Read More >
The Challenges of the Mediterranean
by Dr. Arslan Chikhaoui Executive Chairman, Nord-Sud Ventures Consultancy Center and NESA Alumnus 18 November 2020 – Twenty-five years after the Barcelona Process, the Mediterranean region remains the theater of low intensity conflicts, with all their malicious corollaries, and politico-diplomatic maneuvers. Indeed, ever since Themistocles and the legendary naval battle of Salamis we know Read More >
Libya: Theoretical Political Moves
by Dr. Arslan Chikhaoui Executive Chairman, Nord-Sud Ventures Consultancy Center and NESA Alumnus 16 November 2020 – According to acting United Nations envoy, Stephanie Williams, Libyan delegates tasked with building a unified executive failed to come to an agreement on future leadership to start to unify the country. This is a sign of the Read More >
Outside Players and Partners in Algeria – Dr. Arslan Chikhaoui
The sixth iteration of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series features a discussion with Dr. Arslan Chikhaoui, Executive Chairman of the Algiers-based Nord-Sud Ventures Consultancy Center. The conversation focuses on outside players and partners in Algeria within the context of so-called “great power competition”. Dr. Arslan discusses the historic and current relations with the EU Read More >
MARSEC Perspectives with Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw
3 November 2020 – The newest iteration of NESA’s IOR digital series features perspectives on maritime security by RDML Curt Renshaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command. RDML Renshaw discusses not only the complex set of challenges in the waters of the larger MENA region, but he also highlights how the pandemic of Read More >
US-Pakistan Relations at Another Fork in the Road – A Conversation with South Asia scholar Shuja Nawaz
In the eighth segment of the NESA Interview Series, Professor Hassan Abbas interviews Mr. Shuja Nawaz, a political and strategic analyst who is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Earlier Mr. Nawaz served as the Director South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council. In the past, he has worked for the New York Times, Read More >
Diplomacy and Lessons Learned with Min. Wael Al Hamdani
29 October 2020 – In the fifth iteration of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series, Fahad Malaikah hosts Minister Wael Al Hamdani, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Yemen to the United States. Minister Al Hamdani offers lessons learned from his distinguished diplomatic career to young and aspiring diplomats, with an emphasis Read More >