Explaining the Results of the Kazakh Elections: Not so Quiet on the Eastern Front?
By: Ildar Daminov (Guest Writer)
After the results were announced massive riots broke out in the biggest cities of Kazakhstan. People in the streets claimed that...
Losing a Generation: The Plight of Children in War-torn Yemen
By: Ruben Hirsch (Guest Writer)
Nearly one year ago, on August 9, 2018, an airstrike conducted by the Saudi-led military coalition operating in Yemen killed 40...
YPJ: Female Freedom Fighters on the Front Lines
By: Sebastian Egger (Guest Writer)
At the end of a long and brutal war, there is now a degree of stability in the region. Moreover,...
Super Bowl LIV? Patriots vs. Nationalists
By: Shane O’Callaghan (Guest Writer)
As a result of the atrocities committed by the National Socialist Party during World War II, the terms nationalist and...
The Challenges of Non-proliferation from the Israeli Perspective
By: Anna Rosa Schlechter (Guest Writer)
More than a year ago, on May 8, 2018, the US withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
Arab Spring: Will it ever blossom?
By: Ilenia Pappalardo (Staff Writer)
Last December, eight years after Bouazizi’s bold gesture, demand for better political and socio-economic conditions sparked a new wave of...
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...
Syria’s Civil War: the next battle ahead?
By: Josef Lusser (Guest Writer)
The headlines had already declared the war to be in its final stage with President Assad as its brutal victor....
Kuril Islands Dispute
By: Matthias Penkin (Guest Writer)
In November 2018, an attempt to settle the last remaining unresolved dispute of World War II was initiated.
The Southern...
Armenia in Transition: The Velvet Revolution
By: Lena Krikorian (Editor-in-Chief)
The Republic of Armenia has set a tremendous example for the rest of the world by peacefully ousting a corrupt political...
