Iraq

Behemoth vs. Leviathan: RIP R2P?

Uriel Abulof • Jan 6 2016 • Articles

Ten years after its birth, R2P is dying, falling prey to its own antinomies: It has promised Locke, prescribed Leviathan, and practiced Behemoth.

Interview – Nicholas Kristof

E-International Relations • Dec 28 2015 • Features

Nicholas Kristof discusses the Syrian Civil War, the attitudes of US Presidential Candidates towards refugees, and the challenges of reporting from war-torn countries.

The Geopolitics of Religious Liberty

Nilay Saiya • Dec 23 2015 • Articles

Guided by the secularisation thesis, the field of international relations has been slow to recognise religion’s importance and has tended to ignore it until recently.

Review – Against All Odds: Voice of Popular Struggle in Iraq

Zahra Ali • Dec 21 2015 • Features

By giving a voice to popular movements which resist Iraq’s dramatic and dreadful situation, Issa manages to bring some hope and positive insight to the Iraqi context.

Violent Jihadist Magazines: Exploiting a Human Need for Significance

Xander Kirke • Dec 12 2015 • Articles

It is important to bring the human side of radicalisation to the fore and to tailor any attempts at counter-radicalisation to the specific needs, passions, interest, and desires, of individuals.

Independently Wealthy: ISIL’s Sinews of War

Craig Giorgis and Daniel Myers • Dec 11 2015 • Articles

One of the primary indicators of a violent extremist organization’s potential longevity is its ability to self-finance. Today, ISIL is the richest such group in the world.

ISIS and the Destruction of Antiquities

Michael Barak • Oct 10 2015 • Articles

ISIS reaps political dividends from the mere fact of the obsessive concern and anxiety in the West over the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq.

Transboundary Water Governance in the Euphrates Tigris River Basin

Aysegül Kibaroglu • Jul 22 2015 • Articles

One of the biggest challenges now is to establish transboundary water cooperation in the midst of current state of affairs in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin.

Iranian Influence & Advancement in Iraq

Satgin Hamrah • Jul 22 2015 • Articles

Iran’s immense involvement in Iraq is indicative of its historical interest, as well as its wider ambition of being the regional hegemon.

The Islamic State – One Year On

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Jul 15 2015 • Articles

The IS can no longer be viewed as a passing phenomenon and may expand in the future – unless it is coerced into total submission or at least denied a footprint in Iraq.

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