17 Mar 2025

Türkiye’s Kurdish Question and the PKK Ceasefire

Photo Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces; SDF fighters celebrating their victory in the Battle of Raqqa against ISIS with a portrait of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in the background, mid-October 2017   On March 1, 2025, two days after imprisoned leader Abdulla
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22 Jan 2025

A Month After Assad: Critical Observations and Future Directions

Source of photo: www.scmp.com   After over five decades of authoritarian rule and thirteen harsh years of civil war, the Assad regime experienced a remarkably swift and unexpected collapse on December 8, 2024, occurring in less than two weeks. The Syrian civil war, one of the worst man-ma
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18 Dec 2024

Alarming power struggle in Syria

Photo: The new Syrian flag raised high in Damascus.   The unceremonious ouster of President Bashar al-Assad entirely transformed the domestic political landscape in Syria and deepened the complexity of regional politics. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—leading group in the rebel coalitio
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18 Dec 2024

Syria Post-Assad: Benefiters, Un-benefiters and What’s Next

The Syrian tragedy once more captures the global spotlight. In addition to Bashar al-Assad's departure, the rebels have now successfully driven the Baathist regime out of Damascus after a protracted civil war and humanitarian crises. This situation will inject a new dynamism to the geopolitical land
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17 Dec 2024

Assad’s fall and its consequences: a new era Begins

Photo: The scenes of joy in Lebanon following the end of the Assad regime are justified and understandable (File/AFP)   Thirteen years of unremitting conflict, and 50 years of authoritarian rule of the Assad family came to an unforeseen and abrupt end on Sunday 8th December. The rebel off
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21 Sep 2024

Annual International Conference (Hybrid Format): The 10th Forum “Integration and Interdependency of the Middle East Region in the Light of Political, Security, and Economic Transformations”

Venue: Grand Hotel Bucharest 5*, Rapsodia Conference Hall (1st Floor), Blvd. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr.4 (Piața Universității), Sector 1, Bucharest Organizers: MEPEI (Middle East Political and Economic Institute), Romania; EuroDefense Romania. Partners: IPIS (Institute for Politica

10/10/2024 8:30 am - 10/10/2024 6:30 pm

Annual International Conference (Hybrid Format)

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