This is the first part of a series of articles and interviews on the current refugee crisis by Fadi Dawood.
6. Regions
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Meat in the Age of Antibiotic Resistance
Kelsey Berg discusses the startling discovery of the MCR-1 gene in Canadian beef, and the measures to fight against antibiotic resistance.
NATO’s Challenges in 2016
Matthew Rae explores main concerns for NATO in the new year.
What Will Be The International News Story Of 2016?
Our program editors look into their crystal balls to see what the future has in store.
A Spark in the Tinder Box
NATO finds itself in a political tinder box. In late November, for the first time in fifty years, an Allied country shot down a Russian fighter jet, setting off a spate of accusations and sanctions between Turkey and Russia. Russia’s President Putin was quick to implement retaliatory economic sanctions and to publically accuse Turkey of Read More…
Sweden and the never ending debate for NATO membership
Sweden has traditionally declared itself a neutral state since the early 19th century, when it lost one third of its territory during the Napoleonic wars including the loss of Finland to Russia. Though its territorial integrity is not in question today, Sweden’s military neutrality has been up for debate since Russia began asserting itself globally. Read More…
‘Minorityhood’: What is a Minority Anyway?
This is the first in a number of articles and podcasts that will seek to contextualize the history and politics surrounding the current political and social refugee crisis in Iraq and Syria. The mass extermination and enslavement of Yazidies under the ISIS in Mosul and surrounding region, and the expulsions of Assyrians from the Read More…
The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: Double Barrel Politics in the Middle East
Portrait of Nimr Baqr al-Nimr an independent Shia cleric in al-Awamiyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia by Abbas Goudarzi, Wikipedia Commons. On January 2, 2016, the Saudi government executed Nimr Al-Nimr, a prominent Shi’a Saudi cleric, who spent much of his adult life speaking for his marginalized community. Al-Nimr’s sermons and speeches came to symbolize the Read More…
Fact Sheet: Montenegro’s Accession to NATO
Ian Goertz and Sandra Song provide an Infograph about Montengro in response to the invitation for ascension to NATO.
Sovereignty Collapsed: Daesh and the Return of Bandit Kings
Eric Morse and Stéfanie von Hlatky explain how ISIS has transformed our common understanding of borders, sovereignty and the international system in just a couple of years.