The threat posed by the Islamic State, strife in Yemen, political turmoil in the GCC. To understand these issues and to get up to date we turned to Dr. Theodore Karasik, INEGMA Dubai think tank Director of Research and Consultancy talked with Patrick Ryan. [AUDIO BELOW]

Dr. Theodore Karasik is the Director of Research and Consultancy at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in Dubai, UAE. He is also a Lecturer at University of Wollongong Dubai. Dr. Karasik received his Ph.D in History from the University of California Los Angles.  …more here

Read more about this topic and more from Dr. Karasik:

• A New Thirty Years War – Karasik – SUSRIS – Aug 18, 2014
• Focus KSA | Conversation With Theodore Karasik: Iraq Crisis (Pt 2)(Transcript) – SUSRIS – Jul 5, 2014
• Focus KSA | Conversation With Theodore Karasik: Iraq Crisis (Pt 1)(Transcript) – SUSRIS – Jul 5, 2014
• Mideast Crises Provide Kremlin Opening – Karasik – SUSRIS – Jun 30, 2014
• Hagel and the GCC: Partnership and a Saudi Military Sweep – Karasik – SUSRIS – May 20, 2014
• Strategic Implications of Saudi Arabia’s Military Parade – Karasik – SUSRIS – May 5, 2014
• What’s Behind the GCC Fracture? – Karasik – SUSRIS – Mar 6, 2014
• Saudi Arabia And The U.S. To Cooperate On Syria – Karasik – SUSRIS – Feb 25, 2014
• Analysis | Obama’s Anticipated March to Saudi Arabia – Karasik – SUSRIS – Feb 6, 2014
• The Kingdom and the Kremlin: A Conversation with Dr. Theodore Karasik – Aug 7, 2014
• Transition in the Kingdom: A Conversation with Dr. Theodore Karasik – SUSRIS – Jun 18, 2014
• The Moscow-Riyadh War of Words: A Conversation with Dr. Theodore Karasik – SUSRIS – Apr 9, 2012