Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
THE 18TH ISSUE OF THE REST: JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IS OUT NOW.
The 18th issue of the rest: journal of politics and development is out now. Download the issue here… TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles The Foreign Policy Decision Making Approaches and Their Applications Case Study: Bush, Obama and Trump’s Decision Making towards Afghanistan and the Region By Sharifullah Dorani Evaluating the Explanatory...
The Erbil Shooting: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Policy
On July 17, a Turkish official and two local civilians were killed by gunmen at a restaurant in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil. Contacts in Iraq suggest the attack was carried out by members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the designated terrorist group that has waged intermittent warfare against the Turkish government for decades. If...
ISIS Reasserts Global Reach for Ramadan 2019
Download the PDF Key Takeaway: ISIS has orchestrated an annual campaign of intensified attacks around the Islamic holy month of Ramadan since 2012, first in Iraq and then globally. It has sustained this recurring surge in its global operations every year despite its concurrent territorial losses in Iraq and Syria. ISIS’s latest Ramadan...
Afghanistan: Cautious Welcome for Renewed Night Raids
Recent strikes led by special ops teams deemed a success.The renewal of night time counter-terrorism raids by Afghan special forces in the southern province of Helmand have been cautiously welcomed by local officials and activists. The tactic of entering villages at night had proved hugely controversial in the past due to high rates of civilian...
EUISS administrative documents 2012
Monday, December 31, 2012EUISS administrative documents 2012 …read more Source:: European Union Institute for Security...
CCD Global Leaders Forum: Condoleezza Rice
Image credit: Steve Gladfelter, Stanford Visual ArtsIn the News mentioning Condoleezza Ricevia EventbriteHave you ever wondered how global policy actually gets created? Hear from those who were instrumental in crafting some of today’s most important international agreements and policies and shaping the world we live in. …read more...
Regional maritime security in the eastern Mediterranean: expectations and reality
4 September 2019 , Volume 95, Number 5 …read more Source:: Chatham...
UK and Ireland After No Deal
Invitation Only Research Event 17 September 2019 – 8:30am to 9:30amAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE …read more Source:: Chatham...
Social Media Platforms Reveal China’s Disinformation Reaching the West
In the past week, Google, Twitter and Facebook each deactivated networks of accounts found to be waging Beijing-backed global influence campaigns — a sign that China is taking pages out of Russia’s propaganda playbook. Why it matters: These campaigns, which aim to discredit the massive protests underway in Hong Kong, show China not only...
Book Review: The Invention of Religion: Faith and Covenant in the Book of Exodus
Jan Assman The Invention of Religion: Faith and Covenant in the Book of Exodus (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780-691-15708-5, 392 pp., £ 29.95) Of all the stories told in the Hebrew Bible, the story of Exodus has had the greatest impact in terms of both the message it conveys from generation to generation…...
