No End in Sight: The Syrian Conflict in 2016 Abdalla Saleh Jan 16, 2016 Once magnificent cities now lying in ruins. Wailing mothers, holding lifeless infants to their chests. Ghastly …
For Caliphate and Country: Britain’s Imperial Legacy and the Air War in… Sarie Khalid Jan 15, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron cannot ignore the legacy of Britain's colonial history in the Arab world as he begins…
Erdogan’s Balancing Act Kathryn Schmidt Jan 13, 2016 As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
The Reasons Behind the Ploy: The EU Turkey Summit Francesca Wallace Dec 21, 2015 On November 29th, the European Union (EU) signed a deal with Turkey regarding the waves of Syrian and other…
How Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria Sheds Light on the Beirut Attacks Come Allard de Grandmaison Dec 3, 2015 On Thursday, November 12, a double suicide attack killed 43 people and injured hundreds in the predominantly Shiite…
How ISIS Terror Has Reshaped World Politics Sarie Khalid Nov 30, 2015 The mass slaughter in Paris, the lock down in Brussels, the anti-Arab paranoia on the European far right, the…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP Kathryn Schmidt Nov 25, 2015 The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis and Republicans Phoebe Warren Nov 20, 2015 This post is a little all over the place - it had served as a way for me to vent some frustration. The first part…
‘We Never Forget Our Citizens’: Are Western Solutions to Home-Grown… Harrison Brewer Nov 19, 2015 “It will demonstrate to those who would do Britain, our people and our allies harm, that we have a long reach, we…
The Battle for Germany’s Soul Stephen Friedrich Nov 11, 2015 It is a scene that has become depressingly familiar. Between twenty to thirty masked attackers, armed with baseball…