Eleonora Ardemagni

Eleonora Ardemagni is an expert on Yemen, Gulf monarchies (political and security issues), and Arab military forces. She is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), a Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of Milan, and an Adjunct Professor at Aseri (Master in Middle Eastern Studies-MIMES). Former Gulf Analyst for the NATO Defense College Foundation (2015-2020). In 2019 she published "The Huthis: Adaptable Players in Yemen’s Multiple Geographies", CRiSSMA-Università Cattolica, Educatt. She edited "From Warlords to Statelords: Armed Groups and Power Trajectories in Libya and Yemen", (with F. Saini Fasanotti), ISPI, Ledizioni-LediPublishing, 2022, and "The Security Side of Gulf Visions. Adapting Defence to the Connectivity Age", ISPI, Ledizioni-LediPublishing, 2024.

The Saudi-Iranian rapprochement: a starting point with incentives and risks

The Saudi-Iranian deal inked in Beijing not only restores diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tehran after seven years (promising to reopen embassies within two months), but contains an overarching message. After a long season of…

Ucraina e Iran: opportunità e “terzietà” per le monarchie del Golfo

Come già accaduto con l’invasione russa dell’Ucraina, anche la crisi iraniana potrebbe trasformarsi, per le monarchie del Golfo Persico, in un’opportunità. Soprattutto nel rapporto con gli alleati internazionali storici: Stati Uniti e Paesi…

Meno Francia, più Russia: l’Africa per le monarchie del Golfo

In Mali e nel Sahel, gli equilibri di potere locali e internazionali stanno rapidamente mutando: in estrema sintesi, meno francesi (ed europei), più russi (e cinesi). Tale evoluzione non tocca - però e almeno per ora - le monarchie del…

The Emirati-Qatari vision of Europe: A land of strategic opportunities

In recent years, Europe’s borders have become a land of strategic opportunities for the Gulf monarchies, especially for the United Arab Emirates and Qatar: investments, commercial routes and ports, security agreements and defense…

Saudi Arabia’s Iraqi strategy: securing the northeastern flank

Saudi Arabia is stepping up cooperation with Iraq’s government to secure its northeastern flank. The goal is to contain and counter the Iranian presence in Baghdad, boosting economic and commercial ties, and the visit of the Iraqi Prime…

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