Rojava’s Patriarchal Liberation: Solving the Feminist Anti-Militarism Problem?
Kurdish women and feminism constitute a force of resistance against patriarchy and domination through the conjunction of democratic confederalism and military resistance.
The Mobilisation of Sectarian Identities in the Syrian Civil War
The Assad regime’s securitisation and violent crackdowns led to “counter-sectarianisation” in the Sunni opposition, accelerating Syria’s descent into a civil war.
Serenity for Sinjar: Resiliency and Reconciliation
After the 2014 ISIS Sinjar massacre, there is an unlikely, but possible, strategy of reconciliation and reconstruction for the marginalized Yazidi people of Iraq.
The Influence of Islam on Pakistani Nationalism Towards Kashmir
Pakistan bases its irredentist claim toward Kashmir on a instrumentalisation of Islam and the primordial view that a common Muslim identity should lead to unification.
Three Lessons for the Intra-Afghan Talks, Courtesy of Iraqi Power-Sharing
Three interrelated components of power-sharing in Afghanistan must be addressed to avoid an unstable experience: accommodation, comprehensiveness, and commitment.
Rogue Relations under Max-Pressure: Iran-Venezuela Bilateral Engagement 2013–2020
Comparing Iran-Venezuela leaders’ meetings shows that the US maximum pressure campaign against the two states has created an alliance around anti-Americanism.
The Middle East: An Orientalist Creation
The Middle East can be understood as an imperial invention–created by European colonial powers–by exploring historic and contemporary orientalist policies in the region.
Impact of Regime Policies on the Rise of Sectarian Violence: Case of Syria
Neopatrimonialism is the root cause of sectarian division that allows the reproduction of sectarian identity.
Agonizing Assemblages: The Slow Violence of Garbage in the Yemeni Civil War
The war in Yemen has created a garbage collection crisis which is enacting a slow violence against Yemenites who suffer negative health and environmental effects.
Assessing Syria’s Chemical Weapons Ambiguity
Syria’s case evidences that norm cascades alone do not guarantee the adoption of international frameworks. Rather, norm cascades can be reconciled with the strategic priorities that realists emphasize.
