Drone Striking Major General Soleimani: Illegal?
On January 3, 2020, an American targeted drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad International Airport…
Fueling Terror: Water scarcity and its impact on conflict and extremism in MENA
The Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region has a water problem. Despite housing six per cent of the world’s population, the MENA region controls only one per cent of the world’s freshwater resources—a disparity that is likely to worsen as climate change accelerates…
Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted for Corruption Charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted for corruption charges on Thursday, November 21 after more than a year of investigations…
The Consequences of Careless Rhetoric: President Trump’s announcement of al-Baghdadi’s death
Decorum has never been President Trump’s strong suit, yet all rhetorical caution was thrown to the wind as he announced a major U.S. counter-terrorism victory…
Medical Evacuation in Besieged Areas of Syria
In July 2016, twins Moaz and Nawras were born in Eastern Al Ghouta, one of the largest besieged areas in the Syrian countryside, with congenital heart defects…
Nationalism in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) marches to the beat of its own drum…
The Overlooked Complexity of Iran-GCC Relations
With geopolitical tensions escalating in the Middle East, many experts have begun analyzing the relations between various actors involved in the region’s major conflicts, especially in Syria and Iraq…
How Obama has made the right choices for dealing with the Syrian conflict
Since the conclusion of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries, the Syrian conflict has become the focus of experts and political groups for evaluating the effectiveness of the Obama administration’s foreign policy…
The Iran Deal: NOT Another North Korea Deal
Since the conclusion of Iran nuclear talks and the formation of the agreement known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), various groups and institutions began campaigning against this deal…