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The Peace to End All Peace: The Munich Ceasefire and the…
President Obama and his diplomats assured the world there was no military solution to the Syrian civil war, even…
Is Algeria Doomed to Its Past?
Just before the New Year, a group of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s close associates demanded to…
BDS Motion Passes at SSMU General Assembly with…
Following the failure of two previous motions put forth by Solidary for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) last year,…
Drop It Like It’s Hot – A Letter to Petrol…
It's sticky, dark, viscous, and carries such labels as “sweet” or a certain “blend.” No, not chocolate or coffee -…
Rojava: A Utopia Born in Blood
In northern Syria, an ideological war within a war is taking place. It brings two contradictory models into…
Dreamy Trudeau: Hypocrisy In the Israel-Palestine…
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was featured in a video in which he explained that he was proud to be a…
It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
Rolling Out the Red Carpet: Iran’s Reintegration…
European countries have laid out the red carpet to welcome back an old counterpart into their states for the first…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and…
Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
A Future for Israeli Democracy
On December 31, Israel’s education ministry confirmed that it had banned Dorit Rabinyan’s novel Borderlife from…
Untapped Potential: Iran’s Prospects Following…
January 15, 2016 marked a historic day in the eyes of many Iranians as international sanctions were lifted…
The Face of Drones
From a Western point of view, the recent use of drones to supplace human soldiers fighting terrorist groups in…