Author: Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco is a researcher who focuses on the security affairs of the Gulf region. He is also an analyst at Gulf State Analytics (GSA), a Washington-based geopolitical risk consultancy. He tweets at: @mazz_Leonardo.

UAE

The Abraham Accords at Three: A Complex Symphony of Emirati-Israeli Relatio...

Geopolitics

On September 15, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Israel are celebrated the third...

Qatar

Qatar Builds a Blue-Water Force to Safeguard National Security and Energy I...

Defense & Security

With about 35,000 square kilometers of territorial water dotted with hundreds of oil and gas...

KSA

China’s Dual Strategy in the Red Sea: Balancing Economic Expansion an...

Defense & Security

In 2022, seaborne trade, responsible for over 80 percent of global merchandise shipment, weathered disruptions...

UAE

Amid Growing Naval Tensions, the UAE Charts Its Own Course

Defense & Security

On May 31, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its withdrawal from the Combined Maritime...

GCC

Slow, but Persistent: Russia’s Overseas Basing Strategy in the Red Sea an...

Defense & Security

Encapsulated between the Mediterranean and the northwestern Indian Ocean, the Red Sea has struggled to...

GCC

What Italy’s New Proactive Foreign Policy Means for the Gulf and North Af...

Geopolitics

Six months ago, in October 2022, Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy’s Prime Minister....

Iran

What Does Saudi-Iranian Détente Mean for the UAE’s Regional Ambitions

Geopolitics

On March 10, 2023, Saudi and Iranian senior officials announced that they had achieved an...

Iran

Iran and the Horn of Africa: The Stakes and Hurdles of Building a Strategic...

Defense & Security

Over the past decade, the Horn of Africa has increasingly become a theater of competition...

GCC

The Gulf States Weigh Trade-Offs of Engaging With the Taliban

Geopolitics

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the massive evacuations of international troops dramatically altered Afghanistan’s...

Iran

Iranian Naval Strategy: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Confrontationalism

Defense & Security

Over the last four decades, Iran has constructed its identity as a nation around opposition...

Iran

Iranian Naval Strategy: The Domestic Roots of Iran’s Asymmetric Warfare

Defense & Security

The foreign and defense policies of Iran are deeply intertwined with the geography of the...

Iran

The Iranian Conundrum: Analyzing Divergent Saudi and Israeli Security Dilem...

Geopolitics

With Saudi Arabia opening the country’s air space to all air carriers, including Israeli flights,...

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