by Onur Sultan | Apr 12, 2022 | Commentary
Introduction The last two weeks witnessed two extremely consequential developments that will give shape to the future of Yemen. The first is certainly the UN-brokered two-month truce. On 1 April, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg issued a statement announcing...
by Onur Sultan | May 19, 2021 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management, Policy Brief, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Background In the week between May 1 and May 7, Palestinians started protesting against an incoming Israeli Supreme Court decision, expected to evict six Palestinian refugee families residing in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. The move framed by...
by Onur Sultan | Nov 11, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Introduction Although final election results have not been declared, vote counts show Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has been elected the 46th president of the US. In general, US elections are followed closely across the globe as the decisions and actions of the US...
by Onur Sultan | Nov 9, 2020 | Policy Brief
Introduction During his speech on the fight against separatism on October 2, 2020, the French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Islam is a religion which is in crisis today everywhere in the world” (L’Élysée, 2020)[1]. For support to his argument, the President...
by Onur Sultan | May 14, 2020 | Book Review, Geopolitics & International Security
“Regional Security in the Middle East” by Pinar Bilgin is an amalgamation of efforts to depict and understand the interactive dynamics of security and security agenda in / for the Middle East. Even though Regions and Powers by Buzan and Waewer succeeds in giving an...
