OPINION

There is a pressing need to establish a Middle East regional security structure in partnership with the major global powers, in accordance with new global and regional realities and with a clear set of rules to organize relations between the regional powers. The general belief in the West …

As Secretary of State John Kerry seriously pursues a Russian-American-United Nations administered cease-fire and humanitarian relief effort as the first concrete step towards implementing the Geneva agreement, the Pentagon is preparing for an eventual NATO intervention in Syria to defeat the Islamic State. This seemingly paradoxical approach to the …

The South China Sea issue, it seems, can never be off news. The most dangerous potential flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific continues to threaten undoing the delicately maintained peace in the region by unilateral action by a certain country. Such a development impacts on the economic and security interests …

 By Geoffrey Berlin Ukraine’s road to justice and economic inclusion is as complex as the path of the U.S. civil rights movement. Two years after Ukraine’s “Maidan uprising,” the Ukrainian people’s expectations for government reform and economic progress are being betrayed. Last week, Ukraine’s Parliament voted to declare …

For nearly 25 years, Bill and Hillary Clinton have portrayed themselves as nearly innocent victims of the dozens of scandals that have plagued them. Indeed, one of the former first lady’s selling points these days is that the Clintons are now impervious to Republican attacks because they have …

By Eric London In light of the recent US government case against Apple, we bring to the attention of our readers this piece originally published in January 2014: New information made public by Edward Snowden reveals that the governments of the United States and United Kingdom are trawling …

By Billy Briggs In a new report, a British anti-poverty charity puts Britain at the center of a growing global mercenary industry worth around $560 million to companies in the United Kingdom alone. In its report, “Mercenaries Unleashed: The brave new world of private military and security companies,” …

While Russia and Saudi Arabia may have reached some sort of understanding regarding the production of oil, the Syrian question remains unresolved and it is likely to remain so unless the ‘production’ of proxy groups is absolutely cut down to zero. Against the Syrian forces’ successful operations against …

LEONIE ANSEMS DE VRIES, GLENDA GARELLI, and MARTINA TAZZIOLI The fracturing demands a rethink of the terms usually employed for describing migration movements, such as ‘route’ and ‘border crossing.’ Introduction to a rethink. In the past few years, transit points have increasingly become the landmarks of transient populations …