Strategic Territorial Targeting of Public Resources in Turkey: Local Winners and Losers
by Melani Cammett and Davide Luca An AKP supporter climbs to the top of a crane during election season. Source: Leonie Balci, Flickr On 31 March ...more
Mapping Memories of Resistance: The Untold Story of the Occupation of the Golan Heights
by Muna Dajani Svarshik: The landmark on the roadside marking the beginning of the Golan Heights. On the morning of 30 October 2018, the Jawlanis (Syrian ...more
Turkey’s Policies toward the Kurds in the Middle East
by Veysi Dag YPG/YPJ fighters in Afrin before the Turkish assault on the city in Northern Syria. Source: Jan Sefti, Flickr Donald Trump’s sudden decision to ...more
The Missing Masculinity in the Discourse of International Humanitarian Aid to Displaced Syrian Refugees
by Aitemad Muhanna-Matar A Syrian refugee comforts his child in front of their tent in the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan, 2013. Source: Nader Daoud, ...more
Saudi Women: Legal Strictures Justified Under the Guise of ‘Family Values’
by Eman Alhussein and Sara Almohamadi Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life, arrives in Toronto after ...more
The Kirkuk Case and Baghdad–Erbil Relations
by Diyari Salih Iraqi soldiers with a bulldozer remove a poster of Masoud Barzani after the Battle of Kirkuk, October 2017. Source: Wikipedia After the American departure ...more
Turkey’s Crisis and the Curious Case of the ‘Fight Against Inflation’
by Mehmet Erman Erol Turkish Finance Minister, also President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak sweats during his press conference in August 2018, where he blamed US President ...more
Trump and Netanyahu: Tainted Love Furthers Self-Destructive Tribalism
by Brian E. Frydenborg Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen during their meeting at the King David hotel in Jerusalem. 22 May ...more
From Revolution to Reform: 40 Years after Khomeini's Triumphant Return to Iran
by Marc Martorell Junyent A wall painting of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. Source: Felix van de Gein, Flickr Major historical events are very often unexpected. The ...more
Khashoggi and Ben Barka: Victims of Rogue Leaders or Rogue Systems?
by Nael Shama Photo of Brasserie Lipp, with a plaque remembering Mehdi Ben Barka's disappearance. Ben Barka, a famous Moroccan opposition leader, was abducted and ...more
