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UNIPATH STAFF After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, residents of Central Asia found themselves living among stockpiles of radiological material. Uranium mines, storage warehouses and processing plants — and in some cases actual…

BRIG. GEN. JOE HADDAD, LEBANESE ARMED FORCES A small country in a tense geostrategic environment, Lebanon experiences a disproportionate share of security challenges: terrorism, conventional warfare, asymmetric threats, manmade…

MAJ. GEN. MOHAMED SALAHEDIN HASAN ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND MILITARY PRODUCTION, EGYPT Warfare, like many other human activities, has been facilitated and governed by technology;…

UNIPATH STAFF    In a naval display stretching from the Arabian Gulf to the east coast of Africa and the northern Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Gulf of Oman, thousands of Sailors and Marines joined forces at the International Maritime…

GEN. MICHAEL KURILLA, COMMANDER OF UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND Somewhere in the Arabian Gulf, a dhow makes its way along the surface of the water, almost 50 kilometers off the coast.  From the outside, this dhow appears just like…

HAMID AL ZAABI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UAE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCING The United Arab Emirates has made significant progress in the battle against financial crime, but strengthening the…

 Unipath Staff Unipath: What is the importance of holding exercises with colleagues from Gulf Cooperation Council partner nations and your strategic partner, the United States? Maj. Gen. Fahad: Joint exercises with our colleagues in…

UNIPATH STAFF  The situational map at military headquarters displayed ominously glowing streaks of green arcing from enemy missile bases. They represented missiles on course for military and civilian installations in the Arabian Gulf.…

UNIPATH STAFF For Qatar, among the latest countries to sponsor a domestic space program, the need for reliable surveillance above the Earth’s atmosphere is critical. Space debris, unknown objects, and electromagnetic disturbances require…

DR. ABDULLATIF BIN RASHID AL ZAYANI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, BAHRAIN I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to each and every one of you to this year’s Manama Dialogue, where in these most difficult of regional and…