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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom

Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom

Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom is the Senior Vice President of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum and a writer with a focus on international affairs and security policy. He is currently pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cambridge where he is researching Swedish nuclear weapons policy during the Cold War.

    Al Qaeda militants in Mali (Wikimedia Commons)

    British troops to join counterterrorism fight in Mali

    World Mar 03
    British Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment training in Sennelager, Germany (British Ministry of Defence)

    Britain returns last military headquarters to Germany

    World Feb 27
    DVIDS.

    Pentagon releases new Artificial Intelligence guidelines

    Technology Feb 26
    South Sudanese generals (Wikimedia Commons)

    Is the South Sudanese Civil War ending?

    World Feb 25
    European Union approves new Libya mission

    European Union approves new Libya mission

    World Feb 24
    Central Intelligence Agency.

    The Coup of the Century: How the CIA eavesdropped on the world for decades

    Technology Feb 18
    Joint Russian-Belarusian Military Exercise, Zapad 2017 (Russian Ministry of Defense)

    Is Belarus set to become a part of Russia?

    World Feb 17
    Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Wikimedia Commons)

    A new Pan-African counterterrorism force?

    World Feb 14
    Could France invade Brazil? The Brazilian military leadership believes so

    Could France invade Brazil? The Brazilian military leadership believes so

    World Feb 12
    General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (source: Xinhua)

    What’s the agenda behind the secret meeting between the Israeli PM and Sudanese leader

    Foreign Policy Feb 05
    Iraqi F-16 (Photo: Carl Richards)

    Pentagon suspends weapon deliveries to Iraq, leaving Iraqi F-16 fleet in the air

    World Feb 01
    (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

    US military dropped record number of bombs in 2019

    Military Jan 29
    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (english.khamenei.ir/)

    Was Iran’s retaliation legal?

    Expert Analysis Jan 11
    (Source: Israeli Government Press Office)

    Netanyahu seeks immunity from prosecution

    Politics Jan 07
    (Courtesy of Turkish Ministry of Defense)

    Turkey sends troops to Libya

    Foreign Policy Jan 06
    Army 2nd Lt. Landon Montoya 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division observes the street where a crowd of extremists were protesting outside a section of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq in Baghdad, on January 1st, 2019. (US Army photo by Spc. Swanson)

    Kick out the Yankees: Iraqi parliament votes to expel US troops

    World Jan 06
    Danish military officer during a training exercise in Iraq (US Marine Corps/Cpl. Cansin P. Hardyegritag)

    Which countries would support the US in a war with Iran?

    Expert Analysis Jan 05
    Kim Jong-un (Korean Central News Agency)

    North Korea to resume nuclear and missile tests

    Security Jan 03
    Russian and Chinese marines during exercise Joint Sea 2015 (Xinhua Photo)

    Iran set for joint naval exercise with Russia and China

    Foreign Policy Dec 27
    Nord Stream 2 (source: gazprom.com)

    Trump greenlights sanctions on Russian gas pipeline

    Foreign Policy Dec 23