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Dr. Theodore Karasik
Dr. Theodore Karasik is a senior adviser to Gulf State Analytics in Washington, D.C. He is a former RAND Corporation Senior Political Scientist who lived in the UAE for 10 years, focusing on security issues.
Twitter: @KarasikTheodore
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North Korea’s inflection point
With the US midterm elections over and the results clear, specific actors are going to proceed. North Korea is no exception because of the sharp escalation in doctrinal changes and missile tests that started in January 2022.
Dealing with the repercussions of a ‘dirty bomb’
Recent security discussions over the potential use of a radiological detonation device, known as an RDD, in Europe necessitates the need to bring up logical questions about previous potential events, in addition to cleanup methodologies in the event of such an attack.
North Korea’s surprise reservoir missile test
North Korea’s recent escalation has continued with some interesting technological feats and destabilizing behavior. The US and South Korea, plus Japan and other allied states, are ready for what Pyongyang does next. To be sure, North Korea still dazzles analysts.
Somalia’s security and the future of East Africa
Somalia’s greater incorporation into East Africa is a major undertaking by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud whose election in May 2022 was notable for a policy program that views integration as the key to security in the Horn of Africa.
Just when the West thought it had eradicated polio …
The detection in England of poliovirus, cause of the disabling and life-threatening polio disease, is raising eyebrows and provoking questions about how, where, and why now after 40 years?
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