NESA Center for Strategic Studies

07/30/2025

03/05/2025

Check out NESA alumna Shanthie Mariet D'Souza's recent Op-Ed for The Diplomat.

Tracing the ebbs and flows of Afghanistan’s narco-economy, which reflects shifting Taliban priorities and global conditions.

02/14/2025

Check out NESA alumna Charani Charithma Patabendige's latest Op-Ed on disinformation and why it is so hard to counter.

We live in a world without borders, where humans can travel far and wide using fingerprints. What was once taught and debated as globalization

02/11/2025

Be sure to read NESA alumnus Nasser bin Nasser's recent publication on "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Regional Security, Threat Perceptions and the Middle East WMD-Free Zone", available here:

With significant advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), many countries have been seeking to integrate these technologies into military and defence industries, including in the Middle East. In this publication, the author examines and analyzes the impact of AI on regional security, weapons of....

02/11/2025

Take some time to read NESA alumna Nimra Javed's recent Op-Ed for the NESA Alumni Blog on "AI-Driven Strategies to Counter Terrorism and Extremism."
https://nesa-center.org/ai-driven-strategies-to-counter-violent-terrorism-and-extremism/

02/08/2025

Be sure to grab yourself a copy of NESA alumnus Rupakjyoti Borah’s new book, “Beyond the BRI: Can India, Japan and the US Provide an Alternative Model of Connectivity?”

The Indo-Pacific has now emerged as a major area of collaboration between India, Japan and the United States (US). It was in 2018 that the US renamed its Pacific Command as the Indo-Pacific Command...

01/22/2025

Today marks 25 years since the NESA Center’s founding; established in 2000 when the U.S. Department of Defense recognized the need for an organization dedicated to the dynamic region extending from North Africa across the Arabian Peninsula and into Central and South Asia. NESA Center Director, Ambassador John Desrocher, offers the following sentiments to mark this special occasion:

“On this date, I want to thank all of our colleagues, our alumni, all of our partners that we’ve worked with over the past 25 years; thank you for all that we’ve done together, and we look forward to another terrific twenty-five years of partnership!”

Today marks 25 years since the NESA Center’s founding; established in 2000 when the U.S. Department of Defense recognized the need for an organization dedica...

01/21/2025

Take a few minutes to read NESA alumnus Mohamed Eljarh's latest Op-Ed for Al Monitor.

Despite its ambitions to relocate military assets from Syria to Libya following Assad's fall, Russia faces significant challenges in Libya's complex political landscape, limiting its ability to achieve this goal.

01/14/2025

You can access NESA alumna Shanthie Mariet D'Souza's recent chapter ( #10) on the climate crisis in Afghanistan below:

Afghanistan is still here. After the “Fall of Kabul” there has been a call for strategic introspection in the US and its Allies, producing numerous 'War Commissions, 'Afghan War Evaluations,' and other forms of "lessons learned" inquiries. While these lessons are vital for future Western or N...

01/14/2025

Take a few minutes to read NESA alumnus Asanga Abeyagoonasekera's latest Op-Ed.

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