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US Foreign Policy: Transactional or Value-Based
The 2016 elections presents a divergence in US foreign policy between the two major candidates. On one hand is the continuance of the status-quo...
Sheltering refugees in Europe beneficial for EU economy
While there have been a lot of discussions about the ‘moral obligation’ to let the refugees enter into the European Union (EU)against the ‘economic...
Russia’s double standard vis-à -vis Israel
Since July 25 last, Assad’s Syrian Arab Army has hammered the Israeli front of the Golan Heights with its artillery, often logistically supported by...
The current relations between Russia and Israel
The new relationship for the exchange of intelligence data, which had been established between Russia and Israel, is currently in danger. The most clear...
Israel’s new Middle East dimension
The war in Syria has radically changed the equilibria of the whole Middle East. In fact it has ratified the new role of the...
Turkey’s Strategic Reset: Engagement instead of contention
‘The EU loves to portray itself as a pan-European project. However, it stubbornly rejects and systematically demonises the only two European countries that have...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The Islamic State and the Leader who Revolves Around It
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Al-Badri, or more recently named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is the leader of the most notorious terrorist organization in the world, the...
Syria’s ‘Competing Interventions:’ Much Ado Accomplishing Nothing
The Syrian conflict has led to the failure of the Syrian state, which has had consequences for not only the Middle East, but a...
Israel and the Russian Federation today
There are many signs which make us think of a new strategic relationship between Russia and Israel in the Middle East. In general terms,...
The new tactical-strategic configuration of the US Forces in Syria
The operations carried out by Inherent Resolve, the complex US-led coalition in Syria, had been announced as early as April 1, 2016 by the...