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The Legality of Refusing to Assist Oppressed Groups
January 7, 2016 3 min. read

With atrocities taking place in Iraq and Syria, the international community must stop the oppression against certain groups. Indeed, the lesson of Rwanda has been almost entirely ignored in 2015.

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Politically-backed Fighting Forces: The Key to Kurdistan’s Future?
January 4, 2016 2 min. read

Iraqi Kurdistan is protected by its fierce and respected military forces, the peshmerga. Yet, each of the two main political parties in Kurdistan controls its own peshmerga regiments, using them to gain influence over other political agencies.

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Russia’s Mideast Overextension: Khrushchev & Putin
December 3, 2015 6 min. read

Is Putin committing the same Cold War Soviet error of overextending into the Middle East in order to camouflage its internal weaknesses with external displays of strength?

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Russia’s S-400 Missile and Putin’s Iron Dome
December 2, 2015 4 min. read

In the aftermath of the incident with Turkey, the next generation of Russian surface-to-air missile that concerned U.S. officials for so many years is now being deployed in Syria.

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Algeria’s Role in Europe’s Migrant Crisis
November 12, 2015 11 min. read

NATO’s cooperation with Algeria offers potential in combating international human trafficking networks. Reviving the ‘regional NATO’ plan for a joint military organization of Saharan states would allow governments to better disrupt the routes used to transport many migrants to the Mediterranean coast.

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Could a Missile have Downed a Russian Airliner over Sinai?
November 4, 2015 4 min. read

Without a technical issue nor pilot error being the cause of the crash, attention has turned toward a possible external object hitting the plane.

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Palestine: Hope Amidst Repression
October 23, 2015 5 min. read

The growing insecurity in Jerusalem and other parts of Israel proper and the occupied territories are simply the symptoms of a more complex political issue that has been neglected and exploited.

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A Few Thoughts on Israel at the UN
October 7, 2015 6 min. read

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu recently spoke at the UN General Assembly meeting on behalf of the Jewish state.

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Russia Asserts Itself in Syria
September 18, 2015 4 min. read

For minorities in the Middle East, assistance in their fight to survive has come too late on almost every occasion. Russia has decided to fill the gap that the West has left in combating threats in the region.

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The Iran Deal: Three Unfounded Lines of Attack
September 18, 2015 6 min. read

A great deal has been written about the agreement negotiated between Iran and the P5+1 countries. A lot of the commentary has been nonsense. Here I would like to address three unfounded lines of attack.

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Netanyahu’s Problematic Remarks on the Iran Deal
August 5, 2015 4 min. read

The main conclusion to be drawn from Bibi’s address to the American Jewish community is he needs new talking points.

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Three Ways Lawrence of Arabia Still Captures the Middle East
July 14, 2015 4 min. read

Beyond its value to film history and in spite of its Hollywood embellishments, “Lawrence” still speaks truths about the West’s relationship to the Middle East.

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