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A Democracy in Dissolution
It is interesting to note that in Turkish there are two words for peace. The first, barış, denotes reconciliation…
What Does Rafsanjani’s Death Mean for Iranian Politics?
Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on the 8th of January at the age of 84. A key figure of the…
The Jerusalem Question
President Trump has declared his intention to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The…
Kurdish Female Fighters: Leaders of a Revolution
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is known as the Kurdish separatist group who have had rigid tensions and…
The Turkey-Russia Rapprochement
Nearly a month following the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, we have seen neither…
Terra Nullius – Georgia’s Shifting Frontiers
At the annual celebration of the Russian Geographical Society in Saint Petersburg last November, Russian President…
Does the UN do Anything? A Review of 2016
The newly-elected United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres kicked off the new year with a stirring speech,…
Saudi Arabia and the Plight of the Arms Trade Treaty
Coalition airstrikes lead by Saudi Arabia in support of deposed President Hadi against Houthi rebels have caused an…
UN Israeli Settlement Resolution: Obama and Trump…
It appears that in the weeks preceding the inevitable onslaught of a Trump presidency, soon to be former President…
Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of African Refugees: The…
July 15th, 2013 marked exactly 75 years to the day after the Evian conference of 1938, which was held in an attempt…
Desperation in Yemen: Houthi Government Complicates…
On November 28th, the Houthi rebels fighting the Yemeni government declared a government after twenty months of…
Barack of Arabia: Obama’s Diplomatic Legacy in the…
Eight years ago, President Obama electrified the world with the promises to end the wars of his predecessor in Iraq…