Dr Andreas Krieg
@andreaskrieg.bsky.social
Author - Asso Prof King's College London / Royal College of Defence Studies (Global Strategy Program)
Fellow Institute of Middle Eastern Studies
Director MENA analytica Ltd
Interests: MENA, Gulf, Network-centric statecraft
Fellow Institute of Middle Eastern Studies
Director MENA analytica Ltd
Interests: MENA, Gulf, Network-centric statecraft
Citing Sarajevo, Grozny, and Mosul, @andreaskrieg.bsky.social
said: “There are precedents, but #Gaza is totally different. There it was one single city — here it is four times that — one massive strip of land.”
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
said: “There are precedents, but #Gaza is totally different. There it was one single city — here it is four times that — one massive strip of land.”
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Citing Sarajevo, Grozny, and Mosul, @andreaskrieg.bsky.social
said: “There are precedents, but #Gaza is totally different. There it was one single city — here it is four times that — one massive strip of land.”
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
said: “There are precedents, but #Gaza is totally different. There it was one single city — here it is four times that — one massive strip of land.”
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
"Negotiators are still working through the order of steps on a first phase that ties a ceasefire to an initial Israeli pullback and a hostage-prisoner exchange. If either side questions who moves first, or if names on the exchange lists cannot be verified in time, implementation will slip.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Negotiators are still working through the order of steps on a first phase that ties a ceasefire to an initial Israeli pullback and a hostage-prisoner exchange. If either side questions who moves first, or if names on the exchange lists cannot be verified in time, implementation will slip.”
«Au #Soudan Abou Dhabi fournit des armes, des fonds et un soutien logistique aux #FSR, utilisant ce groupe paramilitaire comme intermédiaire pour renforcer son influence sur les routes commerciales de l’or, l’accès à la mer Rouge et contrer les acteurs islamistes » souligne @andreaskrieg.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
«Au #Soudan Abou Dhabi fournit des armes, des fonds et un soutien logistique aux #FSR, utilisant ce groupe paramilitaire comme intermédiaire pour renforcer son influence sur les routes commerciales de l’or, l’accès à la mer Rouge et contrer les acteurs islamistes » souligne @andreaskrieg.bsky.social
"The Iranians don't want to escalate this further than they need to, as in they don't want to get the US involved in an all out, long lasting, protracted conflict...They want to keep this within certain boundaries...after all, the number one priority is regime security and regime survival."
June 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"The Iranians don't want to escalate this further than they need to, as in they don't want to get the US involved in an all out, long lasting, protracted conflict...They want to keep this within certain boundaries...after all, the number one priority is regime security and regime survival."
"You have two lobbies now in Washington when it comes to the Middle East, the Gulf and the Israel lobby. For MAGA, the Gulf is a net contributor to US power adding bandwidth, while Israel is a net consumer of US power taking up bandwidth"
May 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"You have two lobbies now in Washington when it comes to the Middle East, the Gulf and the Israel lobby. For MAGA, the Gulf is a net contributor to US power adding bandwidth, while Israel is a net consumer of US power taking up bandwidth"
"The Trump visit signals a significant shift in the regional order as the centre of gravity moves to the Gulf, where interdependence and interconnectivity are key, where Iran and the Gulf move closer together and Netanyahu's Israel is ostracized."
May 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"The Trump visit signals a significant shift in the regional order as the centre of gravity moves to the Gulf, where interdependence and interconnectivity are key, where Iran and the Gulf move closer together and Netanyahu's Israel is ostracized."
"The #UAE is playing a very complex game in East Africa,"
@andreaskrieg.bsky.social tells MEES, adding that Abu Dhabi "is playing a long game of divide and rule" in conflicts like #Sudan, #Yemen and #Libya."
www.mees.com/2025/4/18/ge...
@andreaskrieg.bsky.social tells MEES, adding that Abu Dhabi "is playing a long game of divide and rule" in conflicts like #Sudan, #Yemen and #Libya."
www.mees.com/2025/4/18/ge...
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"The #UAE is playing a very complex game in East Africa,"
@andreaskrieg.bsky.social tells MEES, adding that Abu Dhabi "is playing a long game of divide and rule" in conflicts like #Sudan, #Yemen and #Libya."
www.mees.com/2025/4/18/ge...
@andreaskrieg.bsky.social tells MEES, adding that Abu Dhabi "is playing a long game of divide and rule" in conflicts like #Sudan, #Yemen and #Libya."
www.mees.com/2025/4/18/ge...
Oman has sustained an onslaught of weaponized narratives this month
Like in 2017 when Qatar was on the receiving end, information networks are trying to smear Oman as another essential American force multiplier to Trump’s “4D chess deal of a century”🧵
Like in 2017 when Qatar was on the receiving end, information networks are trying to smear Oman as another essential American force multiplier to Trump’s “4D chess deal of a century”🧵
March 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Oman has sustained an onslaught of weaponized narratives this month
Like in 2017 when Qatar was on the receiving end, information networks are trying to smear Oman as another essential American force multiplier to Trump’s “4D chess deal of a century”🧵
Like in 2017 when Qatar was on the receiving end, information networks are trying to smear Oman as another essential American force multiplier to Trump’s “4D chess deal of a century”🧵
"Hamas is based on the idea of resistance. It is an insurgency movement. Engaging this idea only militarily will allow you to maybe win battles or skirmishes. But you cannot win the war...
More from this documentary "العبور" on AJ 360
youtu.be/9hQAh9yCxRA
More from this documentary "العبور" on AJ 360
youtu.be/9hQAh9yCxRA
March 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Hamas is based on the idea of resistance. It is an insurgency movement. Engaging this idea only militarily will allow you to maybe win battles or skirmishes. But you cannot win the war...
More from this documentary "العبور" on AJ 360
youtu.be/9hQAh9yCxRA
More from this documentary "العبور" on AJ 360
youtu.be/9hQAh9yCxRA
"The IDF is engaging in a policy of territory for hostages. It is compartmentalizing Gaza territory undermining freedom of movement and then moving in. For the IDF it's about desperately going after a newly populated target list and for Netanyahu it is a war to cement his political survival"
March 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"The IDF is engaging in a policy of territory for hostages. It is compartmentalizing Gaza territory undermining freedom of movement and then moving in. For the IDF it's about desperately going after a newly populated target list and for Netanyahu it is a war to cement his political survival"
The UAE's 'Axis of Secessionists' is starting to crumble as Abu Dhabi's 12 year-long adventurism curating and orchestrating networks in and above the greyzone of international law has finally hit a brick wall in Sudan
March 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The UAE's 'Axis of Secessionists' is starting to crumble as Abu Dhabi's 12 year-long adventurism curating and orchestrating networks in and above the greyzone of international law has finally hit a brick wall in Sudan
I am very pleased to see the first draft of my new book "Webs of Power - Orchestrating Network-Centric Statecraft" completed
It looks at how states can strategically orchestrate financial, trade, tech, information and security networks to advance national interests
It looks at how states can strategically orchestrate financial, trade, tech, information and security networks to advance national interests
February 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I am very pleased to see the first draft of my new book "Webs of Power - Orchestrating Network-Centric Statecraft" completed
It looks at how states can strategically orchestrate financial, trade, tech, information and security networks to advance national interests
It looks at how states can strategically orchestrate financial, trade, tech, information and security networks to advance national interests
Very pleased to talk about a networked regional order in the Middle East at @IEMed_ in Barcelona this evening and how states need to learn how to reengineer statecraft to work with, alongside or compete with networks in the region
February 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Very pleased to talk about a networked regional order in the Middle East at @IEMed_ in Barcelona this evening and how states need to learn how to reengineer statecraft to work with, alongside or compete with networks in the region
Netanyahu suggests to his base that if Saudi Arabia insists on a Palestinian state as a prerequisite for normalisation, Saudi should create a Palestinian state on its own territory
US suggestions that a breakthrough in normalisation was imminent appear premature
US suggestions that a breakthrough in normalisation was imminent appear premature
February 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Netanyahu suggests to his base that if Saudi Arabia insists on a Palestinian state as a prerequisite for normalisation, Saudi should create a Palestinian state on its own territory
US suggestions that a breakthrough in normalisation was imminent appear premature
US suggestions that a breakthrough in normalisation was imminent appear premature
Palestinians will not leave Gaza - this is a red line
But in absence of an Arab/Gulf-led solution to governance in Gaza, the US becoming the protector of the territory might be a solution to eventual Palestinian self-governance
But in absence of an Arab/Gulf-led solution to governance in Gaza, the US becoming the protector of the territory might be a solution to eventual Palestinian self-governance
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Palestinians will not leave Gaza - this is a red line
But in absence of an Arab/Gulf-led solution to governance in Gaza, the US becoming the protector of the territory might be a solution to eventual Palestinian self-governance
But in absence of an Arab/Gulf-led solution to governance in Gaza, the US becoming the protector of the territory might be a solution to eventual Palestinian self-governance
Journalist asking whether Qatar is part of the problem or part of the solution in Gaza:
"Qatar, they are absolutely trying to help...they are doing everything they can, a very tough situation, but they are absolutely trying to help"
"Qatar, they are absolutely trying to help...they are doing everything they can, a very tough situation, but they are absolutely trying to help"
February 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Journalist asking whether Qatar is part of the problem or part of the solution in Gaza:
"Qatar, they are absolutely trying to help...they are doing everything they can, a very tough situation, but they are absolutely trying to help"
"Qatar, they are absolutely trying to help...they are doing everything they can, a very tough situation, but they are absolutely trying to help"
The US doesn't want to send troops, Israel doesn't trust UN troops, Arab states have no capacity or willpower
US contractors are not providing static security in Gaza's Netzarim corridor manning checkpoints
US contractors are not providing static security in Gaza's Netzarim corridor manning checkpoints
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The US doesn't want to send troops, Israel doesn't trust UN troops, Arab states have no capacity or willpower
US contractors are not providing static security in Gaza's Netzarim corridor manning checkpoints
US contractors are not providing static security in Gaza's Netzarim corridor manning checkpoints
🎙️Listen to me speak to the Guns for Hire Podcast about outsourcing stabilization in #Gaza to private military contractors
It's a novel approach to get a force that might be more restrained than the IDF and more palatable to the Israelis than UN peacekeepers
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
It's a novel approach to get a force that might be more restrained than the IDF and more palatable to the Israelis than UN peacekeepers
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
January 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎙️Listen to me speak to the Guns for Hire Podcast about outsourcing stabilization in #Gaza to private military contractors
It's a novel approach to get a force that might be more restrained than the IDF and more palatable to the Israelis than UN peacekeepers
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
It's a novel approach to get a force that might be more restrained than the IDF and more palatable to the Israelis than UN peacekeepers
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
Qatar’s Emir first foreign leader to visit Syria after the fall of the Assad regime
The ‘Syria trauma’ of 2011-2014 makes Qatar a careful player in this new environment, closely coordinating with the US, Gulf partners and Turkey
Qatar could help mediate between Syrian factions
The ‘Syria trauma’ of 2011-2014 makes Qatar a careful player in this new environment, closely coordinating with the US, Gulf partners and Turkey
Qatar could help mediate between Syrian factions
January 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Qatar’s Emir first foreign leader to visit Syria after the fall of the Assad regime
The ‘Syria trauma’ of 2011-2014 makes Qatar a careful player in this new environment, closely coordinating with the US, Gulf partners and Turkey
Qatar could help mediate between Syrian factions
The ‘Syria trauma’ of 2011-2014 makes Qatar a careful player in this new environment, closely coordinating with the US, Gulf partners and Turkey
Qatar could help mediate between Syrian factions
At least Trump is contained within a system of checks and balances where narrative cannot be translated into action by a one man's decision
January 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At least Trump is contained within a system of checks and balances where narrative cannot be translated into action by a one man's decision
Quite excited about the new book chapter on the #UAE's market for force as a tool to weaponize interdependence and boost the UAE's extra-regional relevance as a small state
Coming in February 2025
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Coming in February 2025
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
January 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Quite excited about the new book chapter on the #UAE's market for force as a tool to weaponize interdependence and boost the UAE's extra-regional relevance as a small state
Coming in February 2025
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Coming in February 2025
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
The War over Narratives in #Syria will determine the outcome of the socio-political transition as they shape and dictate activities on the ground
For more on how #subversion functions, check out my 2023 Georgetown University book 13/
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Subvers...
For more on how #subversion functions, check out my 2023 Georgetown University book 13/
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Subvers...
December 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM
The War over Narratives in #Syria will determine the outcome of the socio-political transition as they shape and dictate activities on the ground
For more on how #subversion functions, check out my 2023 Georgetown University book 13/
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Subvers...
For more on how #subversion functions, check out my 2023 Georgetown University book 13/
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Subvers...
Counter-revolutionary calls to resist what has been framed "a US-Zionist" conspiracy by #Iran come from the very top
a desperate attempt by Iran to regain lost popular ground 5/
a desperate attempt by Iran to regain lost popular ground 5/
December 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Counter-revolutionary calls to resist what has been framed "a US-Zionist" conspiracy by #Iran come from the very top
a desperate attempt by Iran to regain lost popular ground 5/
a desperate attempt by Iran to regain lost popular ground 5/