“Yesterday, the United Nations’ Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) released a rather scathing report on enforcement and remedial assistance efforts for sexual exploitation and
Author: jtdevine2014
I am an Associate Professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where I teach international politics. My research focuses on the politics of the Middle East the domestic politics and foreign policy of Iran in particular.
ANALYSIS: Can Syrian Kurds maintain momentum after IS defeat in Tal Abyad? -Middle East Eye
Recently there have been a number of news stories suggesting IS was sweeping across both Iraq and Syria; the Assad regime was on its last
The High School Student Who Maps ISIS’s Lightning-Quick Advance -Newsweek
“Thomas van Linge’s colorful, detailed maps showing which parties control which parts of Iraq, Libya and Syria are a hit whenever he posts them on
Gulf countries rake in billions in Ex-Im Bank subsidies -al Monitor
“Companies from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates together pulled in about $12 billion in trade financing over the past five years — 8.5%
Borders and Empires -Various
Robert Kaplan has penned a provocative piece in Foreign Policy entitles “The Ruins of Empire in the Middle East” where in he argues for the
Why did Saudi Arabia intervene in Yemen? -al Monitor
This article, written largely from a Saudi perspective, explains Riyadh’s intervention into Yemen as a defensive strategy intended to avoid chaos on its southern border.
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