Hafez Assad: National Hero or a Tragic Alternative?
“Most Syrians, especially the generation that never knew any other ruler, came to see no alternative” were Hunnebusch’s words when writing about Hafez Al-Assad’...
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A Question of Necessity? Need for Clarity on Torture in Israeli Law
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, a deeply impactful conflict with ramifications still felt today. While the most visible result of Israel’s l...
A People in Suffering: A Look at the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Yemen has for long been the poorest country of the Middle East. For decades, the people have suffered from a lagging economy and an inefficient government. At t...
A Short Examination of the Causes of the 1992 Algerian Civil War
People try to identify relatives after a massacre at Rais in the Sidi Moussa region of Algeria on Aug. 29, 1997. (AP) The Algerian civil war, commonly referred ...
Understanding US-Pakistan Relations: Interview with Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Husain Haqqani is former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States (2008–2011). He is currently Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia at ...
The Myth of Microfinance
The myth of microfinance is powerful. The idea that providing small loans to people in poverty will alleviate their conditions both satisfies our longing to be ...
Constructing a Bogeyman: Osama bin Laden as a Totem for Global Muslim Insurgency
Since 9/11, the War on Terror has created no greater cult of personality than that surrounding Osama bin Laden. The late Saudi has become part political icon, p...
Dehumanization: How the Most Needy Bear the Ignorance of the Powerful in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
This comment is a continuation of the YIRA Winter 2016 International Trip Group’s Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey Trip Summary. “The terrorists, they t...
What the Ocean Swallowed
This comment is a continuation of the YIRA Winter 2016 International Trip Group’s Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey Trip Summary. The ocean has always be...
Political and Economic Sustainability of Turkey’s Refugee Response
This comment is a continuation of the YIRA Winter 2016 International Trip Group’s Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey Trip Summary. In 2015, as a response ...