Syria: Legal Perspectives On Recent Findings On War Crimes – Analysis
By JTW By Oğuz Kaan Pehlivan So far, non-international armed conflict in Syria has left an estimated 130,000 dead, 2.3 million refugees, and four million internally displaced. Ongoing conflict between...
View ArticleNigeria: 320 Arrested For Alleged Boko Haram Ties
By JTW By Reyhan Güner 320 people in Nigeria have been charged with being affiliated with Boko Haram and are now in custody. Police sources stated that they searched 25 buses at control points and that...
View ArticleRussian Economic Power And The Ongoing Protests In Ukraine Amid EU-Russia Summit
By JTW By Hasan Selim Ozertem On December 17th, Kiev obtained important concessions from Moscow through an agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Accordingly, the parties have reached a consensus on...
View ArticleRussian Senate Approves Sending Military Troops To Ukraine
By JTW By Reyhan Güner Russia’s Federation Council approved President Vladimir Putin’s request for Russian military forces’ intervention into Ukraine. Putin aims at settling the riot in the split...
View ArticleWhere Does Freedom Of Speech Stop? The Removal Of ‘Innocence Of Muslims’– OpEd
By JTW By Oğuz Kaan Pehlivan Two years ago, the provocative movie “Innocence of Muslims” caused massive demonstrations and violent protests all over the world, especially the Middle East. The protests...
View ArticleChina’s Attitude Toward Ongoing Ukraine Crisis – Analysis
By JTW By Selcuk Colakoglu China faces a dilemma concerning its attitude towards the political crisis in Ukraine, and especially Russia’s de facto occupation of the Crimean Peninsula. First of all,...
View ArticleWill The US Push Hard For Ukraine? – Analysis
By JTW By Mehmet Yegin Russia may consider Ukraine critically important enough to go to war for. The same, however, cannot be said for the U.S. The U.S. sees Ukraine not as a country to be grasped...
View ArticleThe Future Of The United Kingdom: Scotland Decides – OpEd
By JTW By İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit On today, September 18, the electorate in Scotland is deciding whether -to secede from the United Kingdom, or to remain a part of it. The topic of Scottish independence...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Supporter Or Victim Of ISIS? – Analysis
By JTW By Ömer Faruk Topal Saudi Arabia is held accountable for spreading radical religious ideas which have been creating violent extremist groups. Salafi-Wahhabism, the official religious school of...
View ArticleRussia’s Position In The Struggle Against ISIS – Analysis
By JTW By Hasan Selim Ozertem Changing balances in the Middle East were made more visible after ISIS’s invasion of Mosul on June 12, 2014. Coming to take command of 30,000 militants in such a short...
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