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Credits- www.jooinn.comNAVIES AND THE ‘USE OF FORCE’- ANALYSING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND SEAGOING FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS PART 2: ADDRESSING THE LEGAL ISSUES
The preceding segment of this two-part article had set the context within which three important legal questions needed to be explored: (1) Do IRGCN gunboats classify as warships? (2) Do their harassment-actions constitute a level of ‘use…
Picture credits- https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/04/19/2246936/irgc-urges-us-to-respect-maritime-law-in-persian-gulfNAVIES AND THE ‘USE OF FORCE’- ANALYSING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND SEAGOING FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS- PART 1
The following paragraphs constitute the first of a two-part article that seeks to analyse the sea-going forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), considered by some to a legitimate, albeit parallel, ‘navy’ of the Islamic Republic…

THE ROLE OF OIL IN THE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT DUAL OIL-SHOCK ON REGIONAL STABILITY
Introduction
The year 2020 is an epoch in modern history that stands not only for the fatal impact of the pandemic, but also for the disruption of societies and economies. The Gulf countries have been severely hit by the dual shocks of plunge…
