Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
The conflict in Syria is not a war in the conventional sense of the word. It is a regime change operation where...
Erdoğan’s Coup: Purging Domestic Critics, Gaining External Allies
By James Petras
Faced with enemies and adversaries at home and overseas, Erdoğan decided on a dual strategy of improving his ties abroad, especially his...
Understanding the Numbers: The Lives of Syrian Refugees
By Jeffrey H. Cohen
The life of a refugee is not easy. At least 6.6 million Syrians had been internally displaced, and nearly 5 million...
Post-Brexit Africa
By Dan Steinbock
Whatever its final impact, in the short-term the UK’s EU referendum will increase global economic uncertainty, market volatility and economic risk. In...
Turkey Faces A Fateful Crossroad
By Alon Ben-Meir
Turkey’s strength has thus far been its ability to project itself as a country that has found a balance between a democratic...
The Dirty War on Syria: No Popular Uprising
By Tim Anderson
The world has been deceived over the conflict in Syria. It was always a ‘regime change’ dirty war and never a popular...
Durability before Democracy: Why Stability is Elusive in the Middle East
By Sean Yom
In this article Sean Yom discusses how the lack of permanence of Middle Eastern governments means that democracy is for the time...
The Year 2016 Requires Tough Decisions in Nigeria
By Dan Steinbock
After the plunge of the commodity prices, the US Fed’s rate hikes are paving way for dimmed prospects in many...
Refugees and Refugee Crises: Some Historical Reflections
By Peter Gatrell
The current Syrian refugee crisis provides an opportunity to look beyond the headlines and to locate it in a broader historical context....
Germany: Epicentre of the EU Migration Crisis
By Asli Ilgit and Audie Klotz
The Syrian refugee crisis has highlighted serious on-going tensions over migration between EU members and neighbouring states, as well...




































































