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Read More 1 minute read MMiddle East CIFP 2019 Yemen Conflict DiagnosticbyHamzeh Hadad, Simo Krsmanovic, Erik Vouvalidis, and Supriya TrivediMay 9, 2019 The ongoing conflict in Yemen with multiple internal and external actors has the country facing severe risks of…
Read More 8 minute read AAfrica Primary Production & Labor Underpricing as Conflict Predictors in International Relations: A Southern PerspectivebyMphatso Moses KaufuluApril 29, 2019 Whether greater economic interdependence leads to peace and greater inter-state cooperation or to higher possibilities for conflict remains…
Read More 6 minute read MMiddle East Telecommunications in AfghanistanbyGhulam Wali NooriApril 15, 2019 On March 1, heavy rains struck Kandahar city and many districts. Afghan National Army rescue teams were searching…
Read More 1 minute read MMiddle East Policy Talks Podcast Episode 45 – Saudi Arabia: An Overview of Domestic and Foreign Policy under MBSbyPolicy Talks PodcastApril 11, 2019 This Policy Talks episode was produced with support from iAffairs Canada. Guest: Professor F. Gregory Gause III, Head of the Department…
Read More 3 minute read MMiddle East Beyond the ‘Western Foreign Fighter’: Effective Counter-Terrorism in a Global ContextbyNabil BhatiaMarch 7, 2019 A 2018 UN report suggests that up to 30,000 ISIS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, including a “significant component…
Read More 1 minute read MMiddle East Policy Talks Podcast Episode 42 – Lebanese Elections 2018, A ReviewbyPolicy Talks PodcastFebruary 21, 2019 This Policy Talks episode was produced with support from iAffairs Canada. About: In this episode, we explore Lebanon’s unique electoral system…
Read More 7 minute read MMiddle East Sports as an Example for Afghanistan’s Reemergence!byGhulam Wali NooriJanuary 22, 2019 In 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led off her remarks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a press conference in Kabul…
Read More 3 minute read GGlobal U.S. Foreign Policy and Fragile StatesbyDavid Carment, Mark Haichin and Yiagadeesen SamyDecember 17, 2018 While the precarious situations in the three cases we have examined may not result directly from a skewed…
Read More 2 minute read MMiddle East In the Wake of the Khashoggi Killing: Should Canada Use the Magnitsky Act?byToby DysonNovember 30, 2018 On October 2 of this year, Washington Post’s journalist and critic of the Saudi regime, Jamal Khashoggi was…