Establishing the facts in an objective review could possibly achieve some form of justice for victims of war crimes and genocide.
Establishing the facts in an objective review could possibly achieve some form of justice for victims of war crimes and genocide.
40 years ago, two million Vietnamese refugees resettled in the U.S. FPA spoke to Vietnamese-Americans to see how U.S. sentiment towards refugees has changed.
As the media focuses on the many crises in the Middle East, Jordan’s capacity to endure the instability next door is noteworthy.
2017 will either be the year in which governments decide to stop genocide in the Middle East or allow these atrocities to be normalized.
The Clinton campaign linked hacks of the DNC to Russia. Snowden took refuge in Moscow. And the Obama administration has been linked to hacking of close allies.
Toxic polemics disseminated mainly by those loyal to Saudi Arabia and Iran made a full-blown Sunni-Shia civil war across the Muslim world a matter of time.
Although NGOs have pushed to help Yazidis, it has been extremely difficult to get governments to even acknowledge the ongoing atrocities.
The new U.S. president will have to address the issue of religious minorities in the Middle East, from humanitarian and geostrategic perspectives.
Russia’s A2/AD “bubbles” around the Baltics, the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arctic could dramatically constrain NATO’s freedom of movement.
An independent Kurdistan under U.S. protection would unite Iraqi and Syrian Kurdistan as well as minority areas of Assyrians, Turkomans, Yezidi and others.
Victory over the Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa will bring about the demise of ISIS but fail to foster an end to the tensions and conflict in the region.
Has Obama has been taking the “least bad” course on Syria? Reflecting on the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy interventions, the answer is yes.
It is not unreasonable to think that all minorities will be wiped out of the Middle East very soon, simply because of our lack of interest.
After the defeat of ISIS, temporary Turkish and Egyptian occupation zones should be imposed in Sunni provinces of Iraq and Syria prior to partition.
The recent surge of “lone-wolf” operations, is part of ISIS’ strategy to create a climate of insecurity and portray itself as wide-reaching.