Duties of a good neighbour? Refugee policies in Jordan
The influx of Syrian refugees has seriously altered the demography of Jordan. As the refugee population continues to grow, pressure mounts on the already...
Women, Peace, & Security: A Bumpy Road to 2020
By: Lena Krikorian (Editor-in-Chief)
Human security–both male and female–is at risk in all pockets of the globe, and the future of promised gender equality is...
#Genocide: How Abiy Ahmed and social media plunged Ethiopia into the horrors of civil...
Rwanda, December 1993. Radio-Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) goes live. Despite the weak signal and the constant crackling, some of the words make...
The Uzbek Thaw
The death of Islam Karimov in September 2016 brought his 27-year stint as Uzbekistan’s leader to a rather abrupt conclusion. Karimov took office as...
CSTO versus NATO, potential cooperation or further confrontation?
Without question, when we think about collective security, the first
thing that comes to mind is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the most
powerful collective security...
Peru – Democracy in Peril
On 7 December 2022, a wave of protests erupted in various regions of Peru following the impeachment and subsequent arrest of elected President Pedro...
The Past, the Present, the Unknown
written by Joseph Trey Meeks
“If you don’t like it, you can get out!” she said with a fierce passion that caught me off-guard.
She was a...
Palestine, Israel and the Rise of Women’s Voices
By: Clara Knäpper Bohman (Guest Writer)
In October 2017, thousands of women gathered in the Israeli Negev desert. For two weeks, Arabs, Jews, Christians, and...
Joe Biden and the Middle East
Following Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president on 20 January 2021, his administration has announced it will take a close look at...
How International Law was Invented over a Lunch in 1873
Determining the starting point of the discipline of international law has always been subject to controversy in the academic world. The divergent views on...
