Middle East

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

Ethan Chiu • Mar 26 2023 • Essays

By cooperating, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan can secure a solution that benefits all parties and prevents future conflict.

Halakhah and Omnicide: Legality of Tactical Nuclear Weapons under Jewish Law

Jonah Brody • Jan 6 2023 • Essays

Tactical nuclear strike against an Iranian nuclear facility would not be permissible under Jewish law in any situation.

Limits of Liberal Feminist Peacebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Francisca Martins Reina • Dec 21 2022 • Essays

Western support for the WPS agenda in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has fostered processes of ‘hybridisation’ and ‘NGOisation’ that depoliticise local women’s movements.

Deterrence and Ambiguity: Motivations behind Israel’s Nuclear Strategy

Pieter Zhao • Nov 20 2022 • Essays

Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity enabled Israel and the United States to continue their crucial relationship and not raise Cold War tensions.

Reproductive Justice in Occupied Palestine: Biopolitical Policies and Experience

Sanchita Aggarwal • Nov 6 2022 • Essays

Israeli Occupation through its Zionist strategies, manifestations of terror, curfews, surveillance, and violence restricts Palestinian women’s reproductive choices.

Do Assassinations Serve Little Purpose Other than to Communicate Resolve?

Arran Kennedy • Sep 24 2022 • Essays

Assassinations do not only communicate resolve. They serve other functions, too, such as eliminating perceived threats and increasing diplomatic leverage.

Indian Perspective on Iran-China 25-year Agreement

Siddhant Nair • Jul 19 2022 • Essays

Despite India’s concerns with Iran and China, the 25-year Iran-China agreement provides it with opportunities to evolve its approach to Iran and West Asia.

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: A Leadership Trait Analysis of Bashar Al-Assad

Joshua Lehmann • Jul 12 2022 • Essays

An analysis of international interviews shows Bashar Al-Assad as a perseverant, adaptive and flexible leader, who takes into account perspectives of others.

The Islamic State’s Guidelines on Sexual Slavery: the Case of the Yazidis

Agnes Termeer • Apr 3 2022 • Essays

The way ISIS rationalised its sexual slavery points to a transcendent and distinctive pattern of violence insufficiently explained by any of the existing theories.

CPEC: An Assessment of Its Socio-economic Impact on Pakistan

Ashmita Rana • Mar 10 2022 • Essays

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been underwhelming, plagued by shortcomings in the project itself and from the nature of governance and politics in Pakistan.

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