The Fall of Kabul: Reflections After One Year
Photo credit: https://www.istockphoto.com/en/photo/afghanistan-gm163113613-21235802?phrase=kabul It has been a year since the Republic of...
Explainer: Turkey’s Concerns on NATO Expansion
Photo credit: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/21/erdogan-speaks-to-stoltenberg-over-finland-sweden-nato-bid Especially after the 15...
Morocco and Political Islam
Strategy of concordance explains the lack of revolutionary attempts in Morocco Throughout history many colonial powers have sought to...
Uninvited Protector: An Assessment of Egyptian Autonomy During British Occupation
[A post-colonial investigation, also published on the "Places in the Sun" book and website.] Credit photo: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/ar...
The Rise of Political Islam
The coalition between Erdoğan’s AKP and the nationalist MHP, which took form after the election in spring 2015, may have appeared strange...
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention: the beginning of a knock-on effect?
Turkey has been the first country to sign and ratify the Istanbul convention, but also the first to withdraw. Before analysing the...
The Yemeni War: is the EU complying with the values embodied in the European Union Global Strategy?
This article aims to present the main features of what is known to be the worst humanitarian crisis which have derived from the Yemeni...
Why atheism scares them
“This is nothing, cried she; I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 1847 The...
Russian Interests in the MENA Region
Local articulation of general interests Introduction Russia’s return as playmaker in the MENA region is a matter of consensus, albeit a...
Lebanon Revolts: Lebanese People Reject Sectarianism and Ruling Political Class
Since the 18th of October, protesters across Lebanon have taken to the streets to demand economic and political reforms and have brought...
