World Cup in Qatar: Sports Diplomacy as a Soft Power Instrument
uring a visit to Europe while young, the former emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa was asked by an immigration officer at a European airport where the state of Qatar was located.
Revisiting Nusrat Ghani’s Islamophobia Claims
n a critical time for Boris Johnson, Nusrat Ghani's allegations have roiled the Conservative Party.
Kazakhstan: Where Do Turkey and Turkic States Stand?
Economy-driven protests, triggered by the rise of liquefied natural gas prices, turned into violent demonstrations in a very short time.
Dassault Rafale vs. F-35: More than Just Selecting a Combat Aircraft
The country received the first six Dassault Rafale combat aircraft on January 19, 2022.
Éric Zemmour: An Anti-Semitic Candidate For a Better Islamophobia in French Presidential Elections?
rance was shocked when Jean Marie Le Pen, who was the leader of the far-right party and never invited to be on any television channel in France, went into the second round against Jacques Chirac with 16.
Chilean Adoptees in Sweden Searching for their Roots and Waiting for Justice
ince 2017, Judge Mario Carroza has been investigating the illegal adoptions from Chile which are estimated to number over 20,000 from the 1950s to the late 1990s.
Can Europe Handle Challenges Created by Russia over Ukraine?
he situation in Ukraine is becoming more and more dangerous each day with additional Russian troops and military equipment heading towards the border.
What Has Social Media Done to Us? The Human Craving for Appreciation Gone Awry
Initially, there was a hope that we may be able to reclaim the public space that traditional, collectivist society had to cede to an increasingly individualist, modern one.
CSTO Mission in Kazakhstan Will Have Implications for Central Asia
n January 15, 2022, military personnel deployed by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – a Russia-dominated international security organization that in addition to Russia itself includes Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan – started to leave Kazakhstan.
Israeli Education: Denationalizing the Indigenous Palestinian Minority
ince Israel’s establishment in 1948, the Zionist project moved to effectuate and legitimize the gains of its ethnic cleansing campaign through various means, one of which is education.
Germany’s Unchecked Arms Exports: Does Morality Matter?
Since the start of the year and by November 29, 2021, Germany had exported weapons and armaments worth €0.
The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: One Boot Inside, the Other Out?
n January 2020, a military strike by the United States assassinated Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, then deputy head of an Iraqi paramilitary organization known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU).
Kurdish Voices from Afrin Unheard in Western Media
Syrian Kurds who fled Afrin in 2018 with the YPG/PKK are now returning to Afrin from the Shahba region, controlled by the YPG/SDF, and the Syrian regime-held Aleppo and Erbil.
The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in Yemen
or decades, the geopolitical and geo-sectarian rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has played out across the Middle East in various destabilizing ways.
Are China and Russia Near a Full-Blown Alliance?
t should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
Does the US Want to Divide the World into Democratic and Non-democratic Nations?
virtual summit for democracy was held on December 9-10, 2021, upon the invitation of the United States.
Tunisia at a Crossroads: Either Tyranny or Democracy Lies Ahead
The latest sign of this is the huge security operation that was deployed against the January 14 demonstration in the center of the capital, Tunis, and which prevented the demonstrators from entering Avenue Habib Bourguiba, or “Revolution Street” as it is called by the regime opponents.
UAE Foreign Policy: Good Neighborliness for Now?
ince the last months of 2021, the UAE’s diplomatic moves in foreign policy have been attracting the attention of Gulf scholars and observers.
Wagner Group Strengthens Its Hold in Africa
ppearing for the first time in 2014 at the border with Ukraine and controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group is engaged in a number of conflicts.
The Hindutva War on Christians in India
or India’s religious minorities, 2021 has been described a “year of fear” and “annus horribilis,” after the country experienced an unprecedented level of communal violence, but what makes the previous year stand out from others during the Narendra Modi era is the way in which Christians have come under increasing pressure and attack.
