Middle East & Africa
The Peculiarities of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Iranian President Rohani, a pragmatist, was elected in 2013 which led to a diplomatic thaw between the Islamic Republic and the West. Finally, after...
The recent death sentences in Saudi Arabia
On January 3, 2016 Saudi Arabia sentenced to death, among others, Nimr al Nimr, aged 56, the Shi’ite Imam on its territory, and the...
Essay on the Saudi–Sunni union
In mid-December 2015, exactly on December 14, Saudi Arabia announced the creation of a broad anti-ISIS alliance including 34 Gulf, Middle East, African and...
The two Libyan governments reunited
What the Enlightenment political philosopher Montesquieu wrote: "There are three types of government ...." does not apply to the Maghreb region where there are...
Unrest in Burundi
In Bujumbura, which is the capital of the east Africa country of Burundi, residents woke up on Saturday 12th December to at least 39...
What happens currently in Libya
In Libya, Isis/Daesh has taken control of Sabratha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 70 kilometers west of Tripoli. It is true that, as claimed...
Turkey has the Sevres Syndrome
Tensions are high in the Asia Minor since the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey. While Turkey claims that the Russian jet was...
Tactics and strategy in the Greater Middle East
When, on June 29, 2013, Al Baghdadi’s Caliphate symbolically destroyed a mark of the boundary line of the old Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916-1917, it...
The Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East: Solutions and Consequences
“Dialogando” (in dialogue) was back again this year in the beautiful city of Stintino, a coastal commune in the Province of Sassari in the...
Unbalanced Balancing: Domestic Support in Iran for the JCPOA
Even before an official announcement was made that an agreement had been reached on the JCPOA, it was evident that any negotiation would inevitably...