The U.N.-brokered Syrian peace talks, which were supposed to find a diplomatic solution to the five-year-old bloody civil war, was suspended just after three days of fruitless bickering and shady meetings around the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The talks were doomed from the start, as various groups on the ground…

The rise of non-state actors, mainly terrorist organizations, in recent years has dramatically increased the volume of violence and number of casualties around the world. According to the Global Terrorism Index, prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the death toll from terrorism increased by 80 percent in 2014…

Six months after the breakthrough deal between Iran and the P5+1 group in July 2015, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency, declared on Jan. 16 that Iran has complied with the initial requirements of the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.” As a result, the U.N. sanctions on Iran…

Looking through the recent punditry on Cyprus, one inevitably feels a sense of déjà vu, as there appears to be nothing new regarding the age-old problem of the Eastern Mediterranean. So far, we have witnessed countless the best and the last hopes/chances before the inescapable train crash in the long,…

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