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  • 2020: The Year of Authoritarianism, The Middle East
    2020 is an inflection point. Countless articles have been written about the unprecedented nature of the year. Top headlines make references to the global pandemic and the ongoing financial crisis. The sheer number of these stories and breaking developments has …
    By Edwin Tran
    30 October 2020
    News and Analysis, Politics
  • A Nation Without a Choice: Hong Kong’s Lost Cause Against Imperialism
    East Asia, Politics
    On July 1, 1997, after years of hard-fought negotiations and diplomacy, the British ended their 150 year rule over …
    By Andrew Michels
    17 Aug 2020
  • Overseeing the UK’s Special Forces
    Conflict, Europe, Politics
    If “Global Britain” is to be a “force for good”, there must be oversight of the UK’s Special Forces. On 1 August …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    12 Aug 2020
  • The Political Ramifications of COVID-19 in the Levant
    Economy, Politics, West & Central Asia
    The only fact about COVID-19 is that it’s something utterly unprecedented. As we settle into a new normal of …
    By Edwin Tran
    2 Apr 2020
  • The Dynamics of Tyranny
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
    On the Necessity of Lasting Antagonism: “Terror is not the same as violence; it is, rather, the form of …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    22 Mar 2020
  • Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: February 2020
    If January was anything to go by, observers of the Syrian Civil War would have assumed February would be an active …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    12 Mar 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • 2020 in Iraq: What Happens Now?
    Last night, at around 10:30 PM GMT, reports began to filter out of Baghdad that a series of explosions had rocked …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    3 Jan 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Globalised Identity – The Resilience of Modern Terrorism
    Collective identity is an important societal concept that is rarely talked about in an analytical manner. The …
    By Sebastian Gonano
    3 Jan 2020
    Conflict, Global, Politics
  • The Israeli Connection: Oman’s Foreign Policy, Part 4
    Israel’s “secret” relationship with the Gulf monarchies is rather open and well-known. Oman is no …
    By Edwin Tran
    16 Dec 2019
    Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • UK General Election 2019: time for a new approach to security partnershi…
    This general election is an opportunity for UK political parties to commit to a review of the UK’s approach to …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    9 Dec 2019
    Conflict, Europe, Politics
  • Iran Hawks Advocate Regime Change with Former Designated Terror Group
    The International Convention for the Future of Iran stage, taken just before Mark Wallace, the CEO of United …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    4 Oct 2019
    North America, Politics
  • The Syrian Regime Turns On Its Patrons: Rami Makhlouf’s Fall From …
    As Syria’s seemingly endless civil war continues to scorch the countryside, the Syrian government has been forced …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    11 Sep 2019
    Conflict, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • The 25th Division: Syria’s Tiger Forces get Rebranded
    On the evening of August 28, members and commanders of Syria’s Tiger Forces began posting on Facebook variations of …
    By Gregory Waters
    30 Aug 2019
    News and Analysis, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • The Rise and Fall of the JCPOA: Oman’s Foreign Policy, Part 3
    Recent headlines have been dominated by tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of …
    By Edwin Tran
    5 Jul 2019
    Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Supporters gather in Istanbul after Imamoglu's victory on June 23.
    Instanbul’da Her Şey Güzel: Everything is Okay in Istanbul
    Ekrem Imamoğlu’s Faltering Path to Office On the night of the March 31 mayoral election in Istanbul the honking of …
    By Kayla Koontz
    3 Jul 2019
    Europe, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Governance by Corruption & Extortion
    The Pillars of Authoritarian Resilience Part 2 The most part are too busy in getting food, and the rest too …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    25 Jun 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Air Conditioners and Autonomy: Basra’s Case for Federalism
    To the people of Basra, Iraq’s second largest city and the nation’s center of commerce, the air conditioner is both …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    17 May 2019
    Energy, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • “The West Has Fallen” – The Notre Dame Fire and the Na…
    Fires had barely begun to erupt on the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral before talk about the “real” …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    21 Apr 2019
    Europe, Politics
  • The Iran-Iraq War: Oman’s Foreign Policy, Part 2
    Today, the Sultanate of Oman is seen by many as a provider of peace and aid to much of the Middle East. The …
    By Edwin Tran
    29 Mar 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • An Authoritarian Marriage of Convenience
    The Syrian regime’s connection to Germany’s right-wing populists While the Assad regime has proven …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    19 Mar 2019
    Conflict, Europe, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • In the Aftermath of Shiladze
    During a routine search and destroy mission on 24 January 2019, Turkish Air Force (TAF) attack aircraft engaged …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    27 Feb 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Assad and militia men
    “Assad or We Burn the Country”
    The Pillars of Authoritarian Resilience Part 1 In July 2018, in southern Iraq, protests erupted against government …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    13 Feb 2019
    Conflict, Economy, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • SAS in Syria
    SAS Injured in Syria: Shouldn’t We Understand What Went Wrong?
    In early January, just a few weeks after US President Trump announced that the US-led coalition defeated IS, two …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    8 Feb 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • The Different Breeds of “Lone Wolf” Terrorist
    Over the last years Lone Wolf Terrorists (LWTs) have been one of the biggest security concerns in the European …
    By Sebastian Gonano
    29 Jan 2019
    Europe, Politics, Profiles
  • Iraq’s New Administration and the Looming Budget Debate
    Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Adil Abdul Mahdi, has been referred to as a “gift to all” and the “ultimate compromise” …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    19 Dec 2018
    Politics, West & Central Asia
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