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Trump Vs Obama: US Policy Towards Adversarial States
Kimberley Anne Nazareth. · 13 Apr, 2017 · #5268 · Commentary
During the Obama presidency, US policy towards Syria, Iran and North Korea rested on a ‘carrot and stick’ approach with greater emphasis on the carrots. The Trump administration, while following a similar approach, appears to be willing ...
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IPCS Discussion
Diplomacy and the Politics of Language
Report. · 10 Apr, 2017 · #5261 · Commentary
An overview of the remarks made at 'Diplomacy and the Politics of Language', the first discussion in IPCS' 2017 series, 'Evolving Discourses of Security in International Politics'.
Deconstructing Anti-Islamic Di ...
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The ‘Two-State Solution’ in Israel-Palestine: An Accelerated Demise?
Derek Verbakel. · 28 Feb, 2017 · #5240 · Commentary
At a White House press conference on 15 February, US President Donald Trump said he was neither committed to a ‘two-state solution’ nor opposed to a ‘one-state solution’ to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This upended a posit ...
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Where is Egypt Headed?
KP Fabian. · 03 Feb, 2017 · #5231 · Commentary
To understand where Egypt is going, we need to look at its recent history. The 1952 Revolution led by Col Nasser saw Egypt rid itself of the monarchy subservient to the UK that dominated Egypt even after granting independence in 1922. However, that ...
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Spotlight West Asia
West Asia Six Years After the ‘Arab Spring’: Prognosis for 2017
Ranjit Gupta. · 19 Jan, 2017 · #5224 · Commentary
All Arab countries have autocratic governments. Six years ago, in the winter of 2010-2011 a spontaneous and exhilarating surge of massive protest demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands of common people swept across the Arab world, swiftly a ...
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The Precarious Politics of Post-‘Liberation’ Mosul
Derek Verbakel. · 16 Nov, 2016 · #5184 · Commentary
Progress is well underway for Mosul to be recaptured from the Islamic State (IS). Aided by US-led air and ground support, the anti-IS campaign chiefly involves the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); Kurdish Peshmerga; a collection of predominantly-Iran-b ...
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Spotlight West Asia
Battle for Mosul: Prospects for the Immediate Future
Ranjit Gupta. · 15 Nov, 2016 · #5182 · Commentary
On 17 October 2016, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi announced the commencement of the battle for Mosul. He also said that except for the Iraqi army, police and security forces, “no others will be allowed to enter Mosul;” Iraqi troops ...
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IPCS US Election Special
The Iran Deal Under a Trump Presidency
Kimberley Anne Nazareth. · 07 Nov, 2016 · #5169 · Commentary
With the US only just days away from electing its 45th President, it is important to understand and analyse Republican candidate Donald Trump’s stance on the Join Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran deal. Much has ...
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After the Collapsed US-Russia Agreement, Advantage Assad
Derek Verbakel. · 21 Oct, 2016 · #5159 · Commentary
On 19 September, the Russia-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared dead the flawed-but-hyped peace deal enacted a week earlier by the US and Russia. The agreement aimed to cease hostilities between warring groups; provide humani ...
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Spotlight West Asia
The Battle for Aleppo and the Imminent Regional Shifts
Ranjit Gupta. · 13 Oct, 2016 · #5153 · Commentary
Aleppo, the crossroads of civilisation for millennia, Syria’s largest city, and its main commercial and cultural centre, is also the most important strategic gateway from Turkey into Syria. Controlling Aleppo is essential for any ruler to con ...
