Abstract President Joe Biden has limited options in his foreign policy toward China. Biden, despite the heated and frenzy rhetoric, does not have a clearly delineated China foreign Policy. His policies are an extension of Trump’s as the current historical moment is not his and Biden is hostage to the existing domestic divisions in Washington. He tags the rebuilding of...

Strategic Trends Series

H.E. Maqsoud Kruse

11 Aug 2021

The Challenges of Developing an Inclusive Curriculum for Gifted Students in the UAE

Abstract Several initiatives have been taken to develop a National Plan for Giftedness in the UAE. However, the central challenge is the absence of a gifted education policy that is rigorous, structured, and coherent. Despite the diversity of identification systems, the UAE has witnessed a growing interest in giftedness that has generated streams of academic research, examining the opportunities and...

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Dr. Mohammad Fayez Farhat

8 Aug 2021

The US-China Conflict in Light of International Relations Theories

Executive Summary China’s economic, military, and technological rise poses essential questions about its impact on the future and shape of the current unipolar world order. Even if we assume that this rise will eventually result in the multipolar world order, other important questions emerge about the mechanisms of this transition. Will it involve an inevitable US-China military clash, or could...

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James Prince

Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Extremism and Civil Society Development

James Prince is President and co-founder of the Democracy Council, a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan international development organization that has managed programs in developing countries around the world. He has testified as a Middle East policy expert in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He has widely published on issues relating to civil society in... read more

Kamal Dib

Non-Resident Fellow, Political Islam

Kamal Dib is a research analyst and media monitoring expert who focuses on political, security, economic, and geostrategic investment risks in the Gulf, Middle East, and North Africa regions. He has 18 years of experience in the GCC across a range of responsibilities, including working in the diplomatic community. Dib’s research interests focus on Political... read more

Piotr Dutkiewicz

Non-Resident Fellow, Russian & Eurasian Politics & Society

Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz is Director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and a member of the Valdai Discussion Club Advisory Board. He has published and commented widely on matters of regional and political development in Russia, as well as Russia’s position in the global system. read more

Estella Carpi

Non-Resident Fellow, Social Anthropology

Estella Carpi received her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Sydney, Australia. Since 2010, she has been conducting research on the social response to humanitarian assistance in Lebanon from the 2006 war with Israel until the present, in the framework of the aid provision to Syrian refugees. After pursuing Arabic studies in Milan... read more

Dr. John Bruni

Non-Resident Fellow - Founder/CEO of SAGE International, Australia

Dr. John Bruni is the Founder and CEO of geopolitical think-tank SAGE International Australia (SIA), Adelaide, South Australia (est. 2008). John has played pioneering roles in asymmetric warfare in Australia and the UAE while working as an academic at the University of Adelaide. He also helped create the conceptual foundations for Australia, Japan, and US... read more

Alya AlJneibi

Deputy Head of Strategic Communication Department

Alya Aljneibi is a Researcher at TRENDS Research & Advisory. She is pursuing her Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Abu Dhabi University, UAE, which, other than technical sciences, focuses on research, strategic and project management, innovation, and leadership. She completed her B.A. in Sustainability and Environmental Sciences from Zayed University, UAE. Alya has gained... read more

Pejman Abdolmohammadi

Non-Resident Fellow, expert in Iranian Politics

Dr. Pejman Abdolmohammadi is Senior Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Trento’s School of International Studies. He was formerly a Resident Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics – Middle East Centre (2015-2018) and a Lecturer in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University ‘John Cabot’... read more

Richard Woodward

Non-Resident Fellow, International Economics

Richard Woodward is Associate Professor in International Business at Coventry Business School. He is a political economist specializing in global governance institutions (especially the OECD), diplomacy, and soft power in world politics. His current research has two strands: The first examines the OECD’s evolving role in global governance, especially in the context of the challenges... read more

Francesco Buscemi

Non-Resident Fellow

Francesco Buscemi is a PhD candidate in International Relations at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and a member of the Research School on Peace and Conflict at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). His research is situated at the intersections of peace and conflict studies, political geography, and critical security studies. His main interests include... read more

Luay Mohaidat

Luay Mohaidat is a poll researcher in the Global Barometer Department, TRENDS Research and Advisory. He has over 16 years of experience in conducting statistical studies and data analysis using SPSS and other statisticcal software. Before joining TRENDS, he worked at several studies and research centers in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, conducting opinion... read more

Dr. Fatouh Haikal

Political Advisor - Director of Research

Dr. Fatouh Haikal is a Political Advisor of TRENDS Research & Advisory and Strategic Researcher with over 20 years of experience across many research centers in the Middle East. His areas of interest include Gulf security, extremism, terrorism, and Arab and regional affairs. Dr. Fatouh has published several books and studies, including one dealing with... read more

Yousef Juma Al-Haddad

Non-resident fellow - Editor-in-Chief Nation Shield Journal - United Arab Emirates

Yousef Juma Al-Haddad has extensive experience in the media and strategic communications field in federal and semi-government institutions in the UAE. He also has vast experience in media analysis and planning and preparation of strategic media campaigns. Yousef Al-Haddad has managed many media crises, which have helped refine his abilities and crisis management skills. Since... read more

Haitam Ain Ennas

Editor - Arabic Language

Haitam Ain Ennas is an Editor at TRENDS Research & Advisory. He started his career at the African Training and Research Center in Administration for Development (CAFRAD), Morocco, and worked at a later stage at the Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) news agency. After moving to the UAE, Haitam worked as Editor/Translator for the Center for... read more

Geoffrey Harris

Non-Resident Fellow, EU Politics and International Relations

Geoffrey Harris is Distinguished Teaching Fellow Vesalius College, Brussels, and Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He was an official of the European Parliament from 1976-2016. His postings included Deputy Head of the European Parliament’s Liaison Office with the US Congress (2012-2016) and Head of the Human Rights Unit within the Secretariat General of... read more

Dr. Sodfa Mohamed Mahmoud

Researcher specializing in Latin American and Caribbean Affairs

Dr. Sodfa received an MA and PhD in political science from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She worked as an executive manager at the General Directorate of Strategic Issues at the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center, and as the head of policy section, as well as expert and senior... read more

Neha Dewan

Non-Resident Fellow, International Relations and Security

Neha Dewan is a Fellow and Political Affairs Officer at Global Policy Insights (GPI), where she is the Project Lead for The Commonwealth Project and the Research Coordinator for the Artificial Intelligence & Public Policy Programme. Currently based in India and UK, she is an expert on International Relations and Security, with a special focus... read more

Dr. Jennifer M Gidley

Non-Resident Fellow - Psychologist, educator, and academic researcher

Jennifer M Gidley, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator, and academic researcher. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney; an Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University, NSW; a Fellow of the Botin Centre, Santander, Spain; and a former Visiting Fellow at SciencesPo, Paris, France. Her speaking and consulting projects span Europe, Middle... read more

Dr. Syed Mohammad Ali

Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute & Columnist, Express Tribune - United States of America

Dr. S. M. Ali has extensive experience working with multilateral, bilateral, government, and non-government organizations on varied international development challenges. He is the author of several peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and the book Development, Poverty and Power in Pakistan: The Impact of State and Donor Interventions on Farmers, published by Routledge in 2015. His other... read more

Fahad Essa AlMahri

Head of Barometer Department

Fahad Issa Al-Mahri is the Director of the Global Barometer Department at TRENDS Research & Advisory. Mr. Al-Mahri has worked in several agencies and institutions, including the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs. Prior to joining TRENDS, Al-Mahri worked as Deputy Director of the Opinion Polls Department at the Emirates Center for Strategic... read more

Anthony Celso

Professor of Security Studies at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas

Anthony Celso is a Professor of Security Studies at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. He is the author of Al Qaeda’s Post 9-11 Devolution: The Failed Jihadist War against the Near and Far Enemy (New York, Bloomsbury Press, 2014), The Islamic State: A History of Comparative Jihadist Warfare (Latham: Lexington Books, 2018) and... read more

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Troubled Waters: Elusive Peace on The Blue Nile Dam and The Mediation of The Arab Gulf States

Troubled Waters: Elusive Peace on The Blue Nile Dam and The Mediation of The Arab Gulf States

German Foreign and Security Policy in Flux: The 2021 General Elections in a Changing International and Domestic Context

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The US-China Conflict in Light of International Relations Theories

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In a discussion session entitled “Life is a Plan”, Maqsoud Kruse: Digital modernity caused us mental laziness and created digital content with no knowledge value

In an opinion poll conducted by “TRENDS” about recent European measures toward political Islam groups, experts warn against the danger of political Islam groups to European society and support the measures taken to confront them