Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
ISIS Re-Establishes Historical Sanctuary in Iraq
Download the PDF ISIS’s post-Caliphate insurgency in Iraq is accelerating faster than efforts to prevent it by the U.S. Anti-ISIS Coalition. ISIS is re-establishing capable insurgent networks in multiple historical strongholds and linking them together, setting the conditions for future offensive operations against the Government of Iraq....
IWPR Launches New Central Asia Programme
Scheme aims to support a fresh crop of experts and reporters across the region.IWPR and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek have launched a three-year project to boost the capacity of a new generation of analysts and journalists in Central Asia. The programme, funded by the Foreign Ministry of Norway, aims to create a pool of specialists who can help...
Muhammad Dahlan and the Deal of the Century
Muhammad Dahlan, image via TwitterBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,279, September 5, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A controversial former security official and Abu Dhabi-based political operator, Muhammad Dahlan, has lurked for several years in the shadows of Palestinian politics. It is possible that he will emerge in an attempt to pave the way for...
Boko Haram: Bloody Terror, No End in Sight
Every year, Boko Haram, which has gained a foothold in the neighboring African countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, appears to be growing stronger. Suicide bombings and other deadly attacks committed by Boko Haram terrorists over the past decade have …read more Source:: Gatestone...
Extending Article 50 does not automatically stop No Deal
Extending Article 50 does not automatically stop No DealMPs opposed to a No Deal Brexit will try to force the Prime Minister to seek an extension to the Article 50 process when Parliament returns from recess tomorrow. Open Europe’s Dominic Walsh argues that extending Article 50 merely delays No Deal, rather than taking it off the table.The...
See How Much You Know About the Cold War
The decades-long confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union defined global dipl …read more Source:: Council on Foreign...
Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?
By Frank A. RoseFollowing the U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, Frank Rose examines the Trump administration’s reasons for exiting the treaty, steps the U.S. should take to avoid escalating an arms race, and the need for any new arms control treaties to be responsive to the changing...
New publication Continuation of political conflicts or a new beginning? Turkish refugees in North Rhine-Westphalia
Since the failed coup attempt by parts of the Turkish military against President Erdogan in summer 2016, the Turkish government has suspended more than 100,000 civil servants on the pretext of having planned a coup. For fear of persecution and arbitrary imprisonment, about 21,000 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany since then....
New Articles Added to the Research Section
Three research articles authored by IMR’s Senior Advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza have been added to the Research section of the website. They had been previously presented in Tauride Readings, an edited volume published by the Center for the History of Parliamentarianism at the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. …read more Source::...
Afghanistan: Female Prisoners Jailed Far From Home
Lack of facilities in Kunar province means inmates are forced to serve their sentences elsewhere.Standing patiently in line outside the gates of Nangahar jail, 54-year-old Khatona wept as she waited to see her daughter Marina. Khatona – who asked for both her and her child’s names be changed to protect their identities – said...
