Why the War in Afghanistan is Over

Almost fifteen years has passed since the initiation of the Afghan war and yet the Taliban pose a larger threat today than at the...

Russia-Turkey Relations moving towards Tension or Truce?

The Cold War styled insulation erupted once again after Turkey allegedly shot down a Russian jet violating its airspace and brusquely after the incident,...

Putin sends New Year’s message to Zuma

President Vladimir Putin has said in a New Year's message to South African President Jacob Zuma that Moscow is looking for strengthening economic cooperation...

Putin’s Problems

There has been much to-do in recent months and years about what have appeared to many to be Vladimir Putin’s bold, aggressive moves in...

Can the ASEAN Economic Community be a success?

After almost two decades of discussion, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be proclaimed on 31st December. The AEC is a potentially significant and...

The modernization calling

The political system of Spain was the next stop for the most common currently phenomenon of the fragmented vote. The center-right and center-left bipartisan...

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...

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