The established templates of international peace operations are under threat, because the core premise of these operations, consent, is eroding . Filipino and Fijian troops serving with the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights were targeted by the Nusra Front last week (30 Aug). A number of Fijians have been captured while the Filipinos managed […]
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Shifting Sands in the Peacekeeping Business
Posted on September 5, 2014.
Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Who can bring unity to Iraq in 2014? An interview with Joel Wing
Posted on December 26, 2013.
Every December, California based analyst Joel Wing and I discuss the coming 12 months in Iraq. Joel has been the author of the Musings on Iraq blog since 2008, providing detailed analysis of political, economic and security developments in Iraq. His work is frequently cited by leading journals and news outlets. The last year in […]
Posted in Conflict, Interviews, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Inside Jabhat an-Nusrah
Posted on March 18, 2013.
The ongoing conflict that has been running in Syria for more than two years, and the brutality of the Syrian regime in suppressing the uprising has encouraged the emergence of radical Jihadist movements in the country. The most important of these movements and one which has raised significant controversy and discussion among the Syrian intelligentsia […]
Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Al-Maliki Plays Regional Power Games in Syria
Posted on February 10, 2013.
In a speech on the occasion of the opening of the World Youth Festival in Baghdad on the 12th of August last year, the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki described the Syrian revolution as a fire, ignited either by ignorant haters or by external wills for the purposes of their own policies and interests. However, […]
Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Syria’s Revolution and The Problem of Conspiracy Theories
Posted on December 27, 2012.
Ever since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, the idea of conspiracy has permeated the language of the official Syrian media, the Assad regime’s proponents in Lebanon, and has been reflected in discussions within Arab intelligentsias. As soon as the Syrian revolution started, the Syrian regime claimed that the country had been exposed to an […]
Posted in Conflict, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Afghanistan and Syria: How History is Repeating Itself
Posted on September 2, 2012.
The violence in Syria is escalating and the international community’s efforts to resolve the situation through the United Nations peace plan have failed, leading to Kofi Annan’s resignation as the UN’s Syria envoy. Syrians are in dire need of a peaceful, sustainable resolution but owing to the number of factions involved and the serious human […]
Posted in Middle East, Russia, Security Issues, Syria, World
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