by Svante Cornell
Russian officials have had to contain their glee in monitoring recent political events in America and Europe. They appear to think their days in the cold may soon be over. Much has been…
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by Heshmat Alavi
105 United Nations Member States, including many from Europe, adopted a resolution on December 21st to establish a mechanism aimed at…
by Yavuz Baydar
One point emerges as undisputable after the series of terror attacks, and the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara by a police officer: Turkey, now showing strong signs as 'ungovernable' under…
by Nasim Ahmed
I was probably not alone in wanting to be surprised by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he made the case for air strikes against Daesh/ISIS in Syria to a packed parliament on…
by Brad Cabana
The more tensions escalate in Syria, the clearer the picture there becomes. This week those tensions escalated dramatically with the downing of a Russian SU-24 bomber, by Turkish F16s, near the border…
by Brad Cabana
It has been just over a month since Russia took the military initiative in Syria. Along with fifty plus combat aircraft and helicopter gunships, Russian naval ships Moskva, Ladny, Pytlivy and Smetlivy…
by Yves Pascouau
The October European Council meeting took place after an unprecedented sequence of actions, with the Luxembourgish Presidency, the European Commission and the Council adopting and proposing a series of legislative and operational measures…
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 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 Thomas Baron
The idea that President Assad will step down from power and a secular, peaceful, and…