{"id":2829,"date":"2025-09-14T23:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:02:19","slug":"the-deterrent-power-of-prestige-why-algeria-should-choose-restraint-over-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/the-deterrent-power-of-prestige-why-algeria-should-choose-restraint-over-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deterrent Power of Prestige: Why Algeria Should Choose Restraint Over War"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2829\" class=\"elementor elementor-2829\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64ba7f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64ba7f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42ccda\" data-id=\"f42ccda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0836e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0836e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/djallel-khechib\/\"><strong>Djallel Khechib<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Voice: September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efe1d65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efe1d65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a33a8e\" data-id=\"6a33a8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c05652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c05652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Djallel Khechib, research fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), recently authored a policy analysis published by the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum &#8211; MENAF, in Cambridge, England.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In this piece, he argued that despite escalating regional tensions and Algeria\u2019s considerable military capabilities, embarking on a war would be both risky and counterproductive. Instead, Algeria should safeguard its prestige, deterrent power, and regional influence through restraint, strategic patience, and non-intervention \u2014 since prestige can often prove more valuable than warfare itself.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Read the full piece here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/manaramagazine.org\/2025\/08\/why-algeria-should-choose-restraint\/\"><strong>LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4091de8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4091de8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b48b69\" data-id=\"7b48b69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab725f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab725f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"BodyA\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/djallel-khechib\/\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-language: FR;\">Djallel Khechib\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9879ab3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9879ab3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-880bc8d\" data-id=\"880bc8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e28011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e28011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture3-1-263x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture3-1-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Picture3-1.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44febb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44febb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32ecca9\" data-id=\"32ecca9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592dc2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"592dc2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Djallel Khechib is a researcher in geopolitics and international relations, and a research fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p><p>He is a PhD candidate (the final year) at the Department of Asian Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, University of Algiers 3.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Khechib recently (July 2025) completed his third Master\u2019s degree\u2014this time in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security\u2014at the Luiss School of Government, Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. His graduation project was titled \u201cEmerging Middle Powers&#8217; Rivalry Over Maritime Ports and Routes in the Wider Mediterranean and Its Implications for European Security: The Case of T\u00fcrkiye and the UAE in the 21st Century.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Additionally, he holds a second Master\u2019s degree (with thesis) in Political History of the Middle East and International Relations from the Institute of Middle Eastern and Muslim Countries, Marmara University, Istanbul, which he completed in 2019 after securing a prestigious Turkish government excellence scholarship in 2014.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Khechib earned his first Master\u2019s degree (with thesis) in Asian Studies and International Relations from the University of Algiers 3 (2013\u20132017), and his Bachelor\u2019s degree (also with thesis) in International Relations from the University of Constantine (2005\u20132009). He was consistently the top student in his undergraduate and Master\u2019s programs, graduating the first ranked student in his cohort.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In 2015, he received another scholarship for academic excellence from Algeria\u2019s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, allowing him to undertake a short-term scientific internship at Sakarya University, T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Originally from Algeria, Khechib moved to T\u00fcrkiye in 2014, where he gained nine years of academic and professional experience. During this period, he collaborated with numerous Turkish and Arab research centers both locally and internationally. He also spent a year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and an academic year in Rome, Italy further expanding his academic and cultural horizons.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Since 2015, Khechib has been affiliated with many research institutions, including IDRAK Center for Studies and Consultations (Istanbul), the Egyptian Institute for Studies (Istanbul), the International Relations Academy (Istanbul), SETA Foundation\u2019s Turkish Insight Journal (Istanbul), IHH INSAMER Center for Humanitarian and Social Studies (Istanbul), TRT Arabi (Istanbul), and Siyaset Arabbiya Journal, published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Doha), Future for Advanced Research and Studies (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E), the Mediterranean Platform (Rome), among others.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Khechib\u2019s research spans a wide range of topics, including geopolitics, international relations theory, great\/middle power politics and the International System\/order, and the geopolitics of Eurasia, the South China Sea, North Africa, and the Mediterranean region. He has a particular interest in the foreign policies of the United States, China, Russia, T\u00fcrkiye, and Algeria.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>An accomplished scholar, Khechib has been writing regularly since 2010. He has published over 50 academic studies in peer-reviewed journals and research centers across the Arab world and internationally, alongside 55 academic translations of academic works in geopolitics and international relations\/IR from English to Arabic. His contributions also include 150 academic summaries of articles and studies authored by leading scholars in geopolitics and international relations, published in Geopolitical Compass Reports and Geopolitics Bridges Magazine, issued by CIGA in English, Arabic, and Turkish. From 2019 to now-2025, he served as the executive editor and supervisor of these publications and oversaw CIGA\u2019s Critical Voices platform.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In December 2018, Khechib won first place in the Dr. Mahathir Mohamad International Award for Intellectual Creativity, organized by the Kuala Lumpur Forum for Thought and Civilization in Malaysia. His winning research, \u201cThe Impact of Islamic Movements on Malaysia\u2019s Democratic Transition: Islamization of Democracy or Democratization of Islam?\u201d, formed the basis of one of his published books.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Khechib\u2019s authored books include:\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DGF8CSQ7?fbclid=IwY2xjawFbpiVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXsto-WOFDRSuOAqeFrVIPm3AWbT2z1YqzOaPe5z14x0eqML6KjIdAYOdQ_aem_dakpaLeOD_wnkjuuR-Oseg\">\u201cThe Impact of Islamic Movements on the Democratic Transition in Malaysia: Islamizing Democracy or Democratizing Islam?\u201d<\/a> (2024).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/djallel-khechib-09917b113_my-latest-the-struggle-for-free-activity-7229183683474128897-gDPT?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">\u201cThe Struggle for Free Will: Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing International System (1923-2017)\u201d<\/a> (Second Ed 2024).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/ms2ddm2FfWK8srnj\/\">\u201cThe Liberal International Order: Rise or Fall? John Ikenberry VS John Mearsheimer\u201d<\/a> (2021).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.dohainstitute.org\/p-734.aspx\">\u201cThe Prospects for Democratic Transition in Russia, a Critical Study for Structures and Challenges\u201d,<\/a> (2015).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition to his publications, Khechib has presented research papers at numerous international academic conferences and participated as a guest speaker in seminars, workshops, and training sessions in countries such as Algeria, T\u00fcrkiye, Qatar, Russia, Iran, the UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, and Spain.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Khechib is a native Arabic speaker and conducts his research in Arabic, English, French, and Turkish.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Djallel Khechib Voice: September 2025 Djallel Khechib, research fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), recently authored a policy analysis published by the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum &#8211; MENAF, in Cambridge, England. \u00a0 In this piece, he argued that despite escalating regional tensions and Algeria\u2019s considerable military capabilities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voices"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2829"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}