In part one of a two-part series, Andre Ishii explores how classical geopolitics will increasingly manifest in the years to come.

Security services should prepare for the possibility that the fall of Mosul will trigger terrorist attacks in Western countries.

The Iran nuclear deal will not be viewed favorably by future historians.

Drought conditions are driving water conflicts throughout Tunisia, further destabilizing the fragile outpost of democracy in the MENA region.

Egypt is the next front in Russia's push to regain its traditional great power status.

Oman has adopted progressive policies compared to its neighbors in the MENA region, and it’s now reaping rewards in the field of energy investment.

Western states would prefer to deal with dictatorships to shore up their energy security.

Saudi Arabia is burning through its fiscal and natural resources at an alarming rate.

With preliminary reports suggesting KGL9268 ‘disintegrated’ in mid-air, it appears likely that militants in the Sinai are behind the attack.

The caliphate is fighting its real economic problems the only way it knows how: with historical fantasy.