Walking the Tightrope: Turkey in the New Middle East
Printer-friendly version here. Enea Gjoza is a policy analyst specializing in foreign policy and criminal justice. He is also an intelligence researchContinue Reading
Category: Arab Spring
Millions in US military equipment lost as Yemen heads down Syria’s path
Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 2011 “Arab Spring,” every regime that the United States has supported in Iraq, Yemen and Libya — including Saleh’s — has resulted in a failed state, with no rule of law and a collapsed economy.
Breaking a decades-long trend, the world gets more violent
Peter Apps is Reuters global defence correspondent, currently on sabbatical as executive director of the Project for Study of theContinue Reading
On the Frontline of Terror: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Arab Spring
Printer-friendly version here. Lara Fatah is co-founder and director of Zanraw Consulting and a Global Fellow at Project for theContinue Reading
Where the West went wrong in Libya
Arriving in Benghazi by RAF military transport in May 2011 in the early days of the Libyan revolution, we never envisaged the aftermath of our intervention could be this bad.
Death Toll in 2014’s Bloodiest Wars Sharply Up on Previous Year
The body count from the top twenty deadliest wars in 2014 was more that 28% higher than in the previousContinue Reading
It’s a revolution: the cultural outpouring fueled by Syrian war
Printer-friendly version here. miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Professor of Arabic Cultures at Duke University and holds a PhD inContinue Reading
For some young Syrians, war brings unexpected freedom
Printer-friendly version here. Rasha Elass is a journalist and Global Fellow at PS21. She has spent the past two yearsContinue Reading
After Arab Spring, Challenges for Islamic NGOs
Pronter-friendly version here. Amjad Saleem is a political analyst and thematic expert for the World Humanitarian Summit. He is alsoContinue Reading
Iraq: The Unexpected Victim of the Arab Spring
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