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Middle East

The category explores issue of note in the Middle East. This includes, but is not limited to: the US-Iran nuclear deal, US-Israel relations, the legacy of the war in Iraq, the civil war in Syria, and the Arab Spring and its aftermath.

Ribal Al-Assad

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a speech given by Ribal Al-Assad, a leading Syrian global campaigner …

Will Great Britain Enter the Fight?

The Economist is an excellent source for straightforward, and often unbiased, global news. Yesterday, they posted this graphic from their magazine discussing England’s possibility of …

James Bond & IR Theories

 It is not a secret that 007 has always followed the world’s geopolitical situation. Whether in the very beginning of the cinematographic …

Is supporting Paris enough?

A few days after the terror attacks in Paris, people worldwide are still shaken, angry, and scared. France has received an overflow …

Huntington for President?

This Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio told ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos that the western conflict with ISIS “is a clash of civilizations,” …

What ISIS Really Wants: Rebuttal

This week, we were assigned to read the article, “What ISIS Really Wants.” While this article seemed well – intentioned in trying …