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 ...
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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 ...
Why the Open Doors? How Turkey May Benefit from Accepting Syrian Refugees
This comment is a continuation of the YIRA Winter 2016 International Trip Group’s Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey Trip Summary. Reports have been emerg...
Turkey and the European Union Concerning 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. Background: The Europea...
Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Human Reality
This comment is a continuation of the YIRA Winter 2016 International Trip Group’s Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Turkey Trip Summary. Eight days into the Tur...