Habiba Zhari https://zharihabiba.com Habiba Zhari is an international law and policy researcher working on AI governance and international human rights law, based in London. en Why China Has Not Rivalled the United States as the Leading External Power in the Middle East https://zharihabiba.com/writing/china-united-states-middle-east https://zharihabiba.com/writing/china-united-states-middle-east Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why China’s economic rise in the Middle East has not translated into the security leadership that still makes the United States the region’s leading external power. Is Clausewitz’s Conception of the Relationship Between War and Politics Still Relevant in the Twenty-First Century? https://zharihabiba.com/writing/clausewitz-war-and-politics https://zharihabiba.com/writing/clausewitz-war-and-politics Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Testing Clausewitz’s view of war as a continuation of politics against Mary Kaldor’s “new wars” critique, with Gaza as a case study. Realism, Feminism and the Russia-Ukraine War: Competing Visions of Security and Violence https://zharihabiba.com/writing/realism-feminism-russia-ukraine-war https://zharihabiba.com/writing/realism-feminism-russia-ukraine-war Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Classical realism and feminist IR read the Russia-Ukraine war through competing visions of security, violence and responsibility. ‘More opportunism than strategy’? UAE as a case study https://zharihabiba.com/writing/uae-opportunism-or-strategy https://zharihabiba.com/writing/uae-opportunism-or-strategy Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Was the UAE’s post-2011 regional activism opportunism or strategy? Across Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Qatar and Israel, a consistent set of goals emerges. Great-Power Interests and Charter Rigidity: Explaining the Persistent Failure of UN Security Council Reform, 2005 https://zharihabiba.com/writing/un-security-council-reform https://zharihabiba.com/writing/un-security-council-reform Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT MA dissertation: how great-power interests and the Charter’s amendment rules (Articles 108 and 109) jointly explain the failure of the 2005 Security Council reform. What is the Difference Between War and Genocide? https://zharihabiba.com/writing/war-and-genocide https://zharihabiba.com/writing/war-and-genocide Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT What separates war from genocide? An argument about purpose, target and intent, drawing on Rwanda and the legal definition of genocide. Framing the COVID-19 “Infodemic”: A Qualitative Content Analysis of WHO Policy Documents (2020–2022) https://zharihabiba.com/writing/who-covid-19-infodemic-framing https://zharihabiba.com/writing/who-covid-19-infodemic-framing Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT A qualitative content analysis of how WHO policy documents (2020–2022) frame the COVID-19 “infodemic” and allocate responsibility to states and other actors.