Challenges and Solutions to Global Food Security in Five Books
From the intricacies of international trade policies to the sustainability of food systems, the impacts of geopolitical conflicts to the…
Governance
Stalemate: Autonomy and Insurgency on the China-Myanmar Border
Often brushed aside as mere rebels or linked to drug trade, the United Wa State Army defies conventional expectations.
“Space Governance is Just a Reflection of Power Politics,” An interview with Bleddyn E. Bowen
“Space politics is the same as terrestrial politics: you have countries that want to make money and people who don’t…
When Disasters Come Home: Making and Manipulating Emergencies in the West
Keen argues that disasters should serve as a catalyst for reform, urging us to address the systemic issues that give…
Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
How should superstates be governed? Can such states be effectively governed at all? If they survive, will they thrive?
How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
What will the next big thing in warfare be? How can militaries successfully adapt to meet the challenge?
The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation
Is information technology accelerating creative destruction? How are large corporations shooting the capitalist system in the foot? How do we…
Three Books That Reveal How Global Corruption Makes the World Go Round
Money makes the world go round. What happens when the ones at the very top of the money chain are…
Five Books on How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the Conduct of War
With the artificial intelligence, warfare is entering a new phase and becoming smarter, faster, stronger, and more autonomous. Here are…
Worlds at Stake: Climate Politics, Ideology, and Justice
Aaron Saad takes the reader on a critical journey by using an exploratory approach on differing ideologies and climate justice.
Why Many Liberation Movements Fail at Government
When the would-be liberators are themselves at odds, as in Somalia and South Sudan, or Liberia and Sierra Leone in…
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
