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Panel on NATO, Russia and the Future of Scandinavian Defence Recap – January 7, 2016

Here is a summary of the panel event entitled ‘NATO, Russia and the Future of Scandinavian Defence’ that was held in Montreal on the January 7, 2016.
Asia-Pacific Busra H. Karasu China Defense Eastern Europe and Russia Editors' Forum Eimi Harris Iraq ISIS Islamic State Kristian A. Kennedy Michael Lumbers Russia Security Syria The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Women

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.
Caitlin Vito Defense Diplomatic Relations Europe Global Governance Operations

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…
Drazo Kraishnik Eastern Europe and Russia Europe Expanding Community Scandinavia

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…
Canada Fadi Dawood Iraq Islamic State Society Society, Culture, and Security Syria The Middle East and North Africa

‘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…
Culture Expanding Community Fadi Dawood Human Rights International Relations Saudi Arabia Society Society, Culture, and Security The Middle East and North Africa

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…