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Drama On The Nile: Major Developments in Sudan and South Sudan
A turning point may have been reached in the civil war in Sudan. At the same time, the risk of a new armed conflict is rising in the world’s youngest…
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Felipe Branner
Trump’s Error: The Importance of Idealism in American Power
Trump’s rejection of the liberal international order will undermine American hard power in the long run.
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Guy Ward Jackson
Are We Observing The Start of a New Civil War in Syria?
Tensions between Damascus and Kurdish controlled areas in Eastern Syria are escalating. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as the US plans to…
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Felipe Branner
A Bird’s Eye of Life Under Occupation in Kurdish Syria
What does satellite imagery illuminate about Turkish activity and oppression in Northwestern Syria?
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Josh Schlicht
Biden’s Blocking of Nippon Steel: Economic Security or Bad Industrial Strategy?
US industrial edge and strategic alliance with Japan stands to suffer as election-promises are re-labelled as national security risks.
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Guy Ward Jackson
The Forsaken Exodus of 100,000 People
Prof. Arman Tatoyan, former Human Rights Defender (Ombudsperson) of Armenia, walks us through the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh
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Felipe Branner
A Catastrophe in the Making - Syria’s Jihadist Blitzkrieg Closes in on Homs
Islamist militias are bearing down on the regime from the north while Kurdish forces have joined the fight in the east
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Josh Schlicht
The West Has Forgotten How to Deter
Reviving Europe’s approach to deterrence under Trump 2.0
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Guy Ward Jackson
The Afghanistan Influencer Problem
Meet the Useful Idiots Selling the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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Josh Schlicht
Sudan - Between Scylla and Charybdis
A proxy war is emerging in conflict-ravaged Sudan
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Josh Schlicht
Crowdsourcing Airstrikes
How Random Citizens are Picking Targets, Exposing War Crimes, and Shaping Battles from Behind their Screens
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Josh Schlicht
Is Georgia Headed for its Own Euromaidan?
Protests are raging in Georgia as its Parliament pushes ahead with a controversial proposal
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Felipe Branner
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