Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
London-based digital news outlet the Middle East Eye (MEE) published at the beginning of summer 2021, an article entitled “Top secret Tunisian presidential document outlines plan for ‘constitutional dictatorship.’” The article alleges that Tunisian president Kais Saied and a group of individuals in his inner-circle were conspiring to seize full power in the country by enacting a constitutional national emergency linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving Saied near far-reaching powers. The Middle East Eye cites its claim to a document it states was leaked from Tunis.
Water-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIEDs) have been in use as an asymmetric warfare tactic since at least the early 1970s. The most famous incident involved the successful detonation of a bomb-laden skiff against the USS Cole on October 12, 2000. Since then, few notably successful WBIED attacks have occurred which would threaten the maritime status quo of military and civilian transit. Nevertheless, growing Iranian influence has precipitated the use of WBIEDs amongst many of their terrorist proxies abroad, most notably the Houthis in Yemen, and Hamas/Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. There is evidence to suggest that while few WBIED attacks by Iranian proxies have proven successful, increasingly sophisticated and now unmanned WBIEDs will continue to develop as a mainstay of tactical options amongst members of the Iranian Threat Network (ITN).
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
Following the protests that ignited the Tunisian Revolution in 2011 over high unemployment, corruption, and widespread poverty; Tunisians managed to topple the oppressive regime led by Ben Ali. Since then, Tunisians have elected national governments and participated in legislative and presidential elections, and politicians have implemented a new democratic system that has become unique model in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. But what was the impact of all of these changes on Tunisians and their aspirations for a better future in the 10 years that followed?
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
Navanti has been continually engaged in data collection on the ground throughout Yemen since 2015, offering firsthand knowledge and in-depth analysis of multidimensional impacts of conflict on human security. Navanti Food Security Analyst Amber Liskey interviewed women heading households in Ta’izz, one of the epicenters of conflict, to learn more about their experiences of preparing meals for their families amid ongoing food insecurity.
In a single year, Libya has progressed from open conflict on the brink of international escalation to its first unified government in seven years. Born of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), overseen by the United Nations (UN) but driven by Libyans, the Government of National Unity (GNU) now takes the reins of a severely fragmented Libya. The government’s central goal is to prepare the ground for national elections in December 2021. Significant achievements have already been made, and the mood is generally optimistic. But what questions will most likely influence the GNU’s success in achieving this goal?
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.