Quotas on Liberty: The Karabakh Case
Andranik Israyelyan | Karabakh people opted for liberty. The International community shall respect their choice.
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The Rise of Iran
One could be led to believe that it all started in 2013 with the election of Hassan Rouhani to the presidency of Iran. Rouhani, along with his moderate and reformist agenda, bore much optimism among Western countries that Iran might shift direction towards a more pragmatic and less anti-Western foreign policy. But this was not what put Iran to the epicenter of the Middle East. Continue reading
Power Struggle over Ukraine: Systemic Observations
Zenonas Tziarras | Power Struggle over Ukraine | The GW Post
The Syrian civil war and now Ukraine. These are only two examples of crises over which the United States and Russia have bumped heads recently. Some might be tempted to call this a “new Cold War,” but it’s really not. What we have now is a primarily intra-systemic, capitalist, geo-economic competition fueled and exacerbated by identity politics, history and national security considerations. Continue reading
The “Cypriot Version” of the AKP Model. Neoliberalism and the Turkish Cypriot Community
Nikos Moudouros | The “Cypriot Version” of the AKP Model. | The GW Post
Cyprus and specifically the northern territories have been transformed to an “input field” of the Turkish-Islamic modernization. Continue reading
Securitizing Migration: Aspects and Critiques
Andreas Themistocleous, Securitizing Migration: Aspects and Critiques| Research Paper May 2013 | The GW Post
This paper examines the phenomenon of migration and attempts to answer the question of whether migration is a securitization product, and to what extent does the securitization process cause political and / or ethical implications.
Publications
Rolling-in ‘Technological Aid’ to Roll-out Remote Control: Post-earthquake Haiti and the West
Ioana Cerasella Chis | Power-relations within the system of imperialist white supremacist patriarchy involve the mobilisation of modernising technologies and techno-utopian policies marketed as the solution for unilinear development and progress. Continue reading
Can Syriza be a Beacon for Left Parties in Europe?
Jason Iliou | Syriza and possibly Podemos, will severely diminish conservative economic policies spearheaded by Germany, and even if Greece is too small of an economy to be able to stand tall, Spain isn’t. Continue reading
The Effects of War-Related Mental Health Issues on Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Transitional Justice
Alexander Miller Tate | Any blame for a resurgence of violence influenced by mental health factors lies squarely with those who caused the trauma, and those who failed to adequately respond to it. Ergo, efforts to identify and treat mental health issues as a matter of urgency in the early stages of post-conflict transition should be a policy priority. Such efforts should be subject to further empirical investigation. Continue reading
The ICC Factor in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Marianna Karakoulaki |The ICC might not have the diplomatic ability or power it should, yet the way it will treat the Palestinian issue will most probably determine the future of the peace process as all sides will have to re-evaluate their approaches. Continue reading
