Commentary
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Mar- 2018 -17 March
Omar Alloush – murdered for building a shared future for Syria’s Arabs and Kurds?
Assassinated in his home, Alloush worked for reconciliation between Arabs and Kurds, focusing on stabilization projects in land liberated from ISIS. Syrian Kurds blame Turkey for his murder.
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14 March
Sergei Skripal case: Blaming Russia does not necessarily mean action
Theresa May will need do to more than establish Russia’s culpability in the Sergei Skripal case in order to get the international community to back actions, Michelle Bentley argues.
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6 March
Ghani’s peace offer to the Taliban: A long shot, but worth a shot
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was right to offer peace to the Taliban, and he deserves praise for making such a politically risky move, Michael Kugelman and Nishtha Sharma argue
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5 March
Royal Flush: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince must tread carefully after defense ministry overhaul
Saudi Arabia is currently at a critical juncture, and the young Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud will need to use care not to burn too many bridges or make too many enemies.
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2 March
From Hasakah to Manbij: How I got shot at by rebel snipers in Syria
When Wladimir Van Wilgenburg returned to Syria to cover the ongoing war in the north, he quickly found that getting access to the frontlines in Afrin and Manbij was more difficult than anticipated
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1 March
What’s behind the military shake-up in Saudi Arabia?
LSE's Courtney Freer says that Mohammed bin Salman has for years expressed his desire to advance Saudi Arabia's military, lamenting that high military spending has not led to correspondingly high military performance
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Feb- 2018 -28 February
Red Army in the grey zone: Russia’s greatest threat to the US is ‘less-than-war’
Crispin Burke argues that a credible US military deterrent may encourage Russia to use less-than-war measures, including military contractors and cyber power – designed to create plausible deniability and preclude the US from striking back
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17 February
An experimental playground: The footprint of Russian private military companies in Syria
The footprint of Russian private military contractors in Syria is significant and has demonstrated the capacity of the Kremlin to apply military pressure abroad without officially deploying regular troops
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15 February
Book Review: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
Review: The book “Losing an Enemy” by Trita Parsi provides a definitive historical narrative to the JCPOA and an understanding of what is at stake in the struggle for the agreement’s survival
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14 February
Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice
Trump's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review is destabilizing and affects native and other American communities that were environmentally damaged for uranium production
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