by MENA Task Force | Oct 16, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
MENA Task Force Brief by Ibrahim Jouhari, Emre Bilgin, Zafer Kizilkaya, Erman Atak, Onur Sultan, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen OCTOBER 16, 2020| 9 min read Background On June 19, UAE-affiliated Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces wrested control of the Socotra...
by Dr. Mehmet Mukerrem Ari* | Oct 14, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management, Research
Abstract The main effort in this article is to find out the main causes of the Syrian Civil War via questioning the common discourse that presents sectarian fault lines as the main cause. In this context, this article argues that instead of a reductionist sectarian...
by Saban Yuksel | Aug 25, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Introduction EUFOR RCA was the EU’s military operation in the Central African Republic[1], launched on 1 April 2014. The EU started to search for partners from the very beginning and cooperated with the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and the selected third...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Aug 17, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
After seven long months, during which the Lebanese went through a popular uprising, a COVID 19 pandemic, a worsening economic and financial crisis, currency devaluation, and a large explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut, the government of Hassan Diab has resigned....
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Aug 12, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Lebanese ministers and MPs have been resigning in drove following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut, and the subsequent popular anger against the whole political class. On Saturday a huge demonstration took place, and the following day popular movement...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Jul 29, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The current multifaceted crisis engulfing Lebanon has started a very dangerous political and economic shift that could have a disastrous effect on Lebanon’s Liberal economic model in the long run. Indeed, the liberal model, focusing on personal freedoms,...
