by Marc Pierini
Only a few weeks ago, the al-Assad regime seemed in danger of losing the swath of land from Latakia to Damascus to the assaults of the Islamic State of Iraq and the…
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by Lawrence S. Wittner
In the aftermath of the Iranian government’s agreement to comply with the treaty, Lawrence Wittner asks: would it…
By Madalina Sisu Vicari,
(with the collaboration of Roxana Hincu, PhD Candidate, “Al.I. Cuza” University, Romania)
On July 26, 2015, which marked the Naval Day in Russia, Kremlin released the country’s new Maritime Doctrine. Calling the…
by Brad Cabana
January, 2011, the Syrian civil war began. Not as an armed conflict, but rather as small protests that grew into large protests against the national government. Nearly five years later the country…
By Isabelle Panasi
The Lebanese are in the streets. These people, facing very hard times, claim social and economical changes. However, what they really want is the resignation of the government, where the presidential seat…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
A few days ago, a drowned child’s picture on the coast of Turkey, became the tragic poster of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. The three year old Aylan Kurdi’s washed up…
by Erielle Delzer
Following Russia’s rotation into the monthly presidency position at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on September 1st, where Russia’s main stated goal is to counter international terrorism, President Vladimir Putin has announced that…
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by Mia Tarp Hansen
There are quite a few ongoing Russian military related activities in Kazakhstan. This includes several bases, as well as the famous cosmodrome Baikonur, which is still used for space launches.…
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by Madalina Sisu Vicari
The announcement made on August 12 by Rainer Seele, the new CEO of Austria’s oil and gas group OMV, that his company would cooperate with Gazprom on the Nord…
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by Thomas Baron
The idea that President Assad will step down from power and a secular, peaceful, and…