Rolling Out the Red Carpet: Iran’s Reintegration in the Global Arena
European countries have laid out the red carpet to welcome back an old counterpart into their states for the first…
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Untapped Potential: Iran’s Prospects Following Lifted Sanctions
January 15, 2016 marked a historic day in the eyes of many Iranians as international sanctions were lifted…
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 …
Erdogan’s Balancing Act
As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
A Weakened Saudi Arabia and Its Rift With Iran
After a rapid, and unfortunate, series of events that took place in the Middle East during the first weekend in…
How Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria Sheds Light on the Beirut Attacks
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
The mass slaughter in Paris, the lock down in Brussels, the anti-Arab paranoia on the European far right, the…
Labour Focus: Iran
For this post, WOTW will be looking at a phenomenon in the Middle East: growing labour activism in Iran.
When…
Payam Akhavan on BBC Hard Talk
As far as McGill professors go, Professor of Law, Payam Akhavan is a pretty inspiring one. Mr. Ahkavan is a former…
How ISIS and Sunni Rage Remade the Middle East
The Bush White House’s decision to invade Iraq, overthrow Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist dictatorship and…