by Anne Speckhard | Nov 20, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
By Anne Speckhard*, Ardian Shajkovci** The Syrian civil uprising, abuses by Syrian President Bashar Assad, and calls from terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, an offshoot of al Qaeda, resulted in an estimated 40,000 or more foreign fighters...
by Saban Yuksel | Nov 16, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The negotiators have finally reached an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on 14 November after months of hectic bargaining. The development hit the headlines and spread over the social media. Yet, is it really over? Do we know what has happened and what...
by Onur Sultan | Nov 6, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
The events following the murder of Khashoggi shook the US, the EU and the rest of the world. Although not directly related with war in Yemen, the scandal worked as a catalyst for a series of events culminating with the latest statements by US Secretary of Defence Jim...
by Transatlantic Task Force | Oct 9, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Last week NATO Defence Ministers met in Brussels in order to discuss; NATO – Georgia relations, NATO’s deterrence and defence posture, Defence spending and burden-sharing, Adapting NATO command structure, and NATO-EU cooperation. At the Bucherest Summit in...
by Augustine Desmarais | Oct 5, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
The civil war in Syria is about to enter a new phase by the possible operations to Idlib. While the Syrian regime is willing to close the chapter on one of the bloodiest civil wars on its soil by gaining the control over this last stronghold of opposition forces,...
by Erdem Taskin* | Sep 26, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
EU in Focus: Informal Salzburg Summit Informal meeting of heads of state or government took place in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018 to discuss internal security, migration and Brexit. The heads of state or government met for an informal working dinner on migration...
