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 Gamal Gasim* | Mar 31, 2021 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
When a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states launched a military intervention against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 26, 2015, the Yemeni people had no idea that they were witnessing the beginning of the costliest conflict in their country’s long and...
by Ali Hashem** | Jan 12, 2021 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
A year after Iran’s most renowned general was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike, Tehran is still struggling to recover from the loss. While Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani left behind an entire bureaucracy called the Quds Force – the overseas operations arm of the...
by General (ret.) Joseph Votel** | Dec 28, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
As the commander of U.S. Central Command from 2016-2019, I was responsible for conducting military operations and supporting U.S. security policy in Yemen. These responsibilities mainly focused on the prosecution of our counter-terrorism campaign against al-Qaeda....
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...
