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Drop It Like It’s Hot – A Letter to Petrol…
It's sticky, dark, viscous, and carries such labels as “sweet” or a certain “blend.” No, not chocolate or coffee -…
Rojava: A Utopia Born in Blood
In northern Syria, an ideological war within a war is taking place. It brings two contradictory models into…
Dreamy Trudeau: Hypocrisy In the Israel-Palestine…
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was featured in a video in which he explained that he was proud to be a…
It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
Rolling Out the Red Carpet: Iran’s Reintegration…
European countries have laid out the red carpet to welcome back an old counterpart into their states for the first…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and…
Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
A Future for Israeli Democracy
On December 31, Israel’s education ministry confirmed that it had banned Dorit Rabinyan’s novel Borderlife from…
Untapped Potential: Iran’s Prospects Following…
January 15, 2016 marked a historic day in the eyes of many Iranians as international sanctions were lifted…
The Face of Drones
From a Western point of view, the recent use of drones to supplace human soldiers fighting terrorist groups in…
Ahmed Davutoglu and the Transformation of Turkish…
The recent terrorist attacks committed in Istanbul and in Ankara and the downing of a Russian fighter jet on…
Shifting Tides: Bombing in Istanbul Highlights Regional…
For the second time in a matter of months a Turkish urban center has fallen prey to an attack at the hands of a…
No End in Sight: The Syrian Conflict in 2016
Once magnificent cities now lying in ruins. Wailing mothers, holding lifeless infants to their chests. Ghastly …