What is the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war about? 🔊

What is the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war about? 🔊

Oct 19, 2020 | Politics & Society

On September 27, fighting along the so-called line of control between Azerbaijan and the region of Nagorno-Karabakh erupted. This area of Azerbaijan is majority Armenian and has been de facto-controlled by the local Armenian population since the end of the war between...
A country in crisis: Where is Lebanon heading? 🔊

A country in crisis: Where is Lebanon heading? 🔊

Aug 10, 2020 | Politics & Society

Lebanon has experienced warfare, economic hardship, and terrorism throughout its recent history. From the war that raged in the country from 1975 to 1990, when an estimated 120,000 people were killed, to foreign occupation, to instability, Lebanon has had a difficult...
Is Islamic State back?

Is Islamic State back?

May 14, 2020 | Politics & Society

By Aviva Guttmann In the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic the crises of tomorrow can fester. A resurgence of Islamic State (IS) is likely to be one of them. In recent weeks, IS has carried out a spate of attacks on security forces in Iraq and different areas of...
Have targeted assassinations become normalised?

Have targeted assassinations become normalised?

Feb 11, 2020 | Politics & Society

By Ben Goldson According to a new study, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in combat has worked to normalise the practice of targeted assassinations. According to a study titled “In the Frame,” commissioned by advocacy group, Drone Wars, the use of Unmanned Aerial...
Al-Baghdadi is dead, but is the Islamic State?

Al-Baghdadi is dead, but is the Islamic State?

Nov 4, 2019 | Politics & Society

By Steve Hoadley The killing of the caliph of the Islamic State (ISIS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is significant in many ways, but not as a major victory in the campaign against jihadist violence. Finding al-Baghdadi in a remote compound in the Syrian desert was a triumph...