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On 25, April 2016 RIAC in cooperation with CSIS held a seminar “Russia-US Cooperation on Building Regional Security”. As participants discussed the ongoing international crises and fight against terrorism, website editor Mariya Smekalova asked Kathleen Hicks (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Kim Cragin (National Defense University) and Olga Oliker (CSIS) three short security-related questions. Is social media only a trigger ...
... Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Art. 7. 2 . ICCPR, Art. 7; European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), Art. 3. 3 . Such as the ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ practiced by the CIA for a ‘benevolent’ aim of fighting terrorism: in the end, the Senate report classified it as a torture. For more, see: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program , US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 3 December 2014. URL: https://www....
... opt for then. Likewise, in Europe, as leftist leaders are challenged, weakened, and/or ousted one-by-one and are replaced by governments whose missions are resisting pressures of EU policy, as racial, ethnic, and religious tension, fears of Islamic terrorism, nativism, and demagogues become ever more commonplace, it is terrifying to envision its future, too. An autocratic Russia sits on Europe’s edge, poking and prodding from the outside, funding right-wing extremist parties in Europe that ...
... extravagant example of ideological verbal gymnastics of the postmodern epoch. The spirit of postmodernism is peculiar to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 with all the latter’s symbolism, media interest, and iconic significance as well as the war on terrorism that started in its wake – the war against a somewhat abstract enemy which does not lend itself to precise definition. And the fact that this war has helped to settle a number of very real international problems, having promoted a temporary ...
... countries have eliminated nuclear weapons materials entirely. This is important progress, but the job is not done. The Summits are ending as the global terrorist threat is growing. We call on leaders to accelerate the effort to prevent catastrophic nuclear terrorism and continue their work beyond this last Summit to create global standards, accountability and best practices for securing all nuclear materials. The United States and Russia, with the vast majority of the world’s nuclear materials and ...
... which was a huge success for Belgian Special Forces and law enforcement authorities. It is still to be determined whether there is a link between his arrest and the Brussels attacks. REUTERS/Joe Penney Sergey Veselovsky: The Invisible Front of Islamic Terrorism Belgium became the biggest source of Muslim radicalization in Europe. Notably, Belgium became the biggest source of Muslim radicalization in Europe during the recent years. It is due to the fact that common issues of young European Muslims ...
Ankara has been once again targeted by a suicide bombing that killed 37 and injured tens of civilians. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) claimed the responsibility for the attack. This is the second operation carried out by the TAK in the Turkish capital after the February 17 suicide bombing which left 29 dead and wounded 61. In December, the TAK claimed also the responsibility for another attack on Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport, which the group shelled with a mortar, killing one employee...
The Yemeni Civil War is probably not the most talked about conflict in western media, with all the attention attracted by the unfortunately well-known atrocities committed by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Nevertheless, the bloodshed has reached sizable proportions with estimated 6000 dead since March 2015 and it cannot absolutely be underestimated for the gravity and magnitude of geopolitical effects it carries on the the Middle East and the rest of the world. The war broke out as a confrontation...
On February 18, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a meeting of experts with Dr. William J. Parker III, Chief Operating Officer at the EastWest Institute . Dr. Parker is a retired senior naval officer, author of numerous publications on the problems of Islamic extremism in the Middle East, and worked for US diplomatic missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The discussion covered the issues of building trust between Russia and the United States as the countries with the...
... a range of complex issues, including the long-standing civil war in Syria, the settlement of internal conflicts in Iraq, Libya and Yemen, and the restart of the Israel–Palestine peace process. New and extremely dangerous forms of international terrorism are springing up all over the region. And migration flows are growing at an unprecedented rate, causing problems for neighbouring countries and entire continents. Meanwhile, despite the significance of these difficult issues, in the end they ...
