Author Archives: Danny Brode

About Danny Brode

Employed as an Intelligence Analyst with Max-Security Solutions, a geopolitical risk-consulting firm based in Israel. Articles have been published in The New York Times, Jerusalem Post, Middle East Online, Arutz Sheva, and the Jewish Chronicle. The author is an extensive and passionate researcher of international security issues, with a special interest on conflicts in the Middle East, North & South Caucasus, and North Africa. Interested in discussing all Middle East and peripheral conflicts, ranging from; Baluchi separatism in Iran, tribal conflict in the Maghreb, to the conflict between Israel and regional Muslim states. Currently living in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Received an B.A. from Duquesne University in History and a Minor in German. Studied for several years at the Virginia Military Institute, University of the German Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Graduated with a M.A. in Security & Diplomacy from Tel-Aviv University. Interned as a research analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies in the Military and Strategic Affairs Program and represented Tel-Aviv University in the Wikistrat International Grand Strategy Competition.

Iraq: Maliki’s Government Once Again on the Brink

A year after America’s withdrawal from Iraq, the country’s struggle for stability persists. Sunni protests are continuing following a government raid against Finance Minister Rafie al-Esawi’s home and the reported arrest of many of his bodyguards and staff on December … Continue reading

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Arab-Kurdish war drums roar in northern Iraq – Written for Turkish Daily Hurriyet

One of the Middle East’s longest running conflicts is on the verge of a dangerous escalation. While many perceive the Palestinians as the epitome of a people without a state, the Kurds remain the world’s largest ethnic group devoid of … Continue reading

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Will Syria’s Rebels Face a Kurdish Front?

Will Syria’s Rebels Face a Kurdish Front?.

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Will Syria’s Rebels Face a Kurdish Front?

  Four decades of unabated Assad rule are testament to the Syrian regime’s mastery of sectarianism in the Middle East. Once again, the Assads have utilized this talent to throw another wrench into the Sunni-Western campaign to oust them from … Continue reading

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Israel Eyeing the Islamic Republic?

Tensions are soaring in the Middle East. But as the world awaits and debates the possibility of a highly speculated unilateral Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program, the reality is that the Iranian threat to Israel goes far beyond a … Continue reading

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