by Ishaan Tharoor | Feb 27, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
If you followed certain Indian media outlets in the early hours of Tuesday, you probably heard that Indian Air Force jets swooped into Pakistani airspace and carried out devastating strikes on militant camps, killing roughly 300 fighters. If you were watching in...
by Helen Lackner | Jan 17, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
The fear and terror induced by this situation, combined with unbearable survival conditions are creating a generation of psychologically scarred people, many of whom will never be able to live normal lives. Less than a month after the signature of the Stockholm...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 20, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
The latest milestone in the peace process for the Libya crisis, Palermo Conference, passed without a significant breakthrough on 13-14 November 2018. No final agreement has been reached during the leader’ meeting which Khalifa Haftar didn’t attend (He only attended...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Nov 27, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management, Political & Hybrid Warfare
We have been witnessing baffling developments in the last month, which corroborate our earlier observations on deteriorating liberal world order. On 20 October 2018, President Donald Trump stated his intention to pull U.S. out of INF Treaty and build up its arsenal...
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 Onur Sultan | Oct 28, 2018 | Peace & Conflict Management, Research
Hasan Aslan*, Onur Sultan** Abstract Yemen, as a unitary state, has long ceased to exist. Since unification in 1990, the state has been the playfield for those willing to have power and control over resources. The Houthis, an initially egalitarian...