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Asia-Pacific Busra H. Karasu China Defense Eastern Europe and Russia Editors' Forum Eimi Harris Iraq ISIS Islamic State Kristian A. Kennedy Michael Lumbers Russia Security Syria The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Women

What Will Be The International News Story Of 2016?

Our program editors look into their crystal balls to see what the future has in store.
Caitlin Vito Defense Diplomatic Relations Europe Global Governance Operations

A Spark in the Tinder Box

NATO finds itself in a political tinder box. In late November, for the first time in fifty years, an Allied country shot down a Russian fighter jet, setting off a spate of accusations and sanctions between Turkey and Russia. Russia’s President Putin was quick to implement retaliatory economic sanctions and to publically accuse Turkey of Read More…
Canada Fadi Dawood Iraq Islamic State Society Society, Culture, and Security Syria The Middle East and North Africa

‘Minorityhood’: What is a Minority Anyway?

This is the first in a number of articles and podcasts that will seek to contextualize the history and politics surrounding the current political and social refugee crisis in Iraq and Syria.   The mass extermination and enslavement of Yazidies under the ISIS in Mosul and surrounding region, and the expulsions of Assyrians from the Read More…
Culture Expanding Community Fadi Dawood Human Rights International Relations Saudi Arabia Society Society, Culture, and Security The Middle East and North Africa

The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: Double Barrel Politics in the Middle East

Portrait of Nimr Baqr al-Nimr an independent Shia cleric in al-Awamiyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia by Abbas Goudarzi, Wikipedia Commons. On January 2, 2016, the Saudi government executed Nimr Al-Nimr, a prominent Shi’a Saudi cleric, who spent much of his adult life speaking for his marginalized community. Al-Nimr’s sermons and speeches came to symbolize the Read More…
Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Eastern Europe and Russia Eric Morse International Relations Iraq ISIS Islamic State Libya Russia Security Stéfanie von Hlatky Syria Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa

Sovereignty Collapsed: Daesh and the Return of Bandit Kings

Eric Morse and Stéfanie von Hlatky explain how ISIS has transformed our common understanding of borders, sovereignty and the international system in just a couple of years.

Canada Diplomatic Relations Europe John Pollock Security Society Society, Culture, and Security South Asia The United States of America

Narenda Modi and the Question of Hindu Nationalism in India- Part II

John Pollock discusses the 2002 massacres in Gujarat state under then chief minister Narendra Modi and asks whether the same mistakes are being made again in India
Aishwarya Sahai Asia-Pacific China Corinne Stancescu Editors' Forum Europe Hinna Hatif Ian Goertz International Relations Iran Iraq ISIS Islamic State Jonas Becker Michael Kang Michael Lumbers Michael Oshell Refugee Security Syria The Middle East and North Africa

What Was The International News Story of 2015?

In a year packed with events, trends, and personalities that shaped the world, our program editors weigh in with which one was most impactful.