Head of Programme of International Relations and Human Rights at Regents University, London. Associate Fellow at Middle East Programme, Chatham House. @YMekelberg
Who is fundamentally to blame for the Israel-Palestine conflict?
I don’t like to have the blame game. But if an Olympic discipline of blame game existed, both sides would take gold, silver and bronze. Because instead of solving problems, they’re... Читать далее
Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies, Professor at the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of Syria Comment @joshua_landis
How might the population of Syria and the region change over the coming years?
To understand the future of this region you need to grasp that a new security architecture is being established, in which Iran, Syria and Lebanon are the major powers. They’re known as... Читать далее
Its first and foremost aim is to establish Russia's place on the world stage once again. I’m afraid we have to keep going back to Soviet times because there are so many parallels between... Читать далее
Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute. Author of ‘We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Terrorists‘. @raffpantucci
In the short term, at least, they seem to be on the back foot. The land they control in Syria in Iraq is shrinking – and they controlled, for a time, a territory the size of the United... Читать далее
Head of Programme of International Relations and Human Rights at Regents University, London. Associate Fellow at Middle East Programme, Chatham House. @YMekelberg
That it still exists. Syria epitomises all that the Sykes-Picot agreement, and imperialism and colonialism, did in the Middle East. It tried to create nation states in a European style... Читать далее
Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies, Professor at the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of Syria Comment @joshua_landis
The idea of safe zones is viable, in the sense that America could create them. America has plenty of money and a big army.
But the military will not like the idea of safe zones, neither... Читать далее
Pakistan is not an Islamist theocracy like Iran. It is ultimately a democracy where governments are elected. It of course has a long history of military rule, but I would separate... Читать далее
It's a divide that dates back really to the early years of Islam fourteen hundred years ago. We can really trace it back to the death of the prophet Mohammed. Very broadly, Sunnis believe... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
Literally, Kurdistan means “land of the Kurds”. It’s a territory that crosses four states – Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria – plus parts of the former Soviet Union, with as many as 30... Читать далее
Teaching Assistant of linguistics at Tunis University, author for Global Voices Online, blogger and activist fighting for human rights and against censorship.
If we look at things superficially, we will of course say that the so-called Arab spring did not achieve anything. We will surely say that the situation is catastrophic.
Indeed, we have... Читать далее