Blood, Oil and Sand: The Arab Spring’s 10 Year-Anniversary

All participants of the Arab Spring have either yielded unfathomable socio-economic losses or have reverted back to authoritarian states, leaving the Middle East the same, if not worse, than it was 10 years ago.

How Trump Gave Syria to the Dictators

At this point, the international arena has seen the United States abandoning its allies after fulfilling its personal objectives and seeing no reason for further involvement.

GlobeDalton BarthauerNovember 8, 2019Syria, #unitedstates, #Trump, #turkish, #kurds, #russian, #putinComment

The Future of the Islamic State

Thousands of former IS fighters have returned back to their home countries from Syria, each of them holding the potential to carry out lone wolf attacks across Europe and Asia.

GlobeAntoine MenagerMay 21, 2019IS, Syria, Daesh, MilitantsComment

The Syria Exit Strategy

Opposing Bashar al-Assad is the correct moral position, but history shows that removing one evil is likely to bring an evil even greater still.

GlobeAndrew WoolerJanuary 31, 2019Syria, Assad, Donald Trump, Russia, Conflict, Syrian conflictComment

Douma: The Latest Face of Chemical Warfare in Syria

GlobeAyesha IshtiaqApril 23, 2018Chemical Attacks, Douma, SyriaComment

The Once and Future War: The Scramble for Syria Post-ISIS

GlobeUpamanyu LahiriMarch 6, 2018iran, isis, Russia, SyriaComment

Syria: The Crime of Silence

GlobeMohammed AlbarakMarch 6, 2018Bashar al-Assad, Ghouta, Russia, SyriaComment

Chemical Weapons: A History of Selective Outrage

GlobeDPRApril 12, 2017Chemical Attacks, Chemical Weapons, Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, SyriaComment

ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria Reach a Truce: Will It Last?

GlobeDPRDecember 1, 2014al-Nusra, AlQaeda, isis, SyriaComment

First World Militants, Unite!

GlobeSharrieOctober 20, 2014Al Qaeda, cognitive closure, iraq, isis, islam, radical islamists, surveillance, Syria, war on terrorComment

Stopping Terrorism or Proxy War with Russia?

-- A Graduate PerspectiveSharrieOctober 16, 2014anti-terrorism, china, foreign policy, isis, national security, president obama, putin, Russia, Syria, ukraine Comment

A Syrian Future

After two years of fighting, neither the Free Syrian Army nor the government of Bashar al-Assad has made meaningful gains in the Syrian conflict. Considering that even the most creative efforts by skilled diplomats like Kofi Annan have failed, Syria’s unknown future is unlikely to make itself clear any time soon.