Search: Radical Islam,Syria,Middle East,War (4 materials)

Walk the Line: Russia as the New Chair of the UN Security Council

... the UNSC itself. On the general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; · settlements and their legality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;... ... Envoy to the UN, Samantha Power. She has always held relatively adversarial positions toward Russia and recently made major headlines when she accused Russia of engaging in... ... that they suffered from horrific internal dissension, but that there were far too many radical Islamists mixed in liberally with so-called “moderate Arabs”. Because...

26.10.2016

American Jihadi: Why Westerners Fight with the Islamic State

Media outlets and government circles both cringe and squirm when the subject of Westerners leaving the West to go fight in Syria and Iraq with the Islamic State arises. While acquiring data and calculating accurate numbers wildly diverges from source ... ... that the American Dream for too many seems more myth than reality. Reality in America, if you are not able to hook into upward mobility and access privileged success, is a fairly dull and even depressing situation: studies show a disturbing percentage ...

18.04.2015

The Strange Bedfellows of a New Deadlier Iraq

... would think Iraq has already fallen completely into the hands of a radical Islamist terrorist group called ISIS. While it is true ... ... absence of diligence on the part of Western analysts covering the Middle East than by any miraculous strength of force on the part ... ... bolstered by the hardened fighters located largely in eastern Syria, where there has always been a heavy population of Sunni ... ... post-conflict society-building that last long after battles and wars have ended and leave indelible wounds that are easily poked ...

01.07.2014

Cold War Residue in Syria

Though Syria has somewhat fallen off the media radar in the West because ... ... its aftermath. Russia, however, with its unique perspective on radical Islamism because of the long and bloody conflict with Chechnya,... ... to actively encourage and support its development, Russia has warily seen it as a potential ‘Great Islamist Revolution.... ... international influence, then maintaining relevance within the Middle East must be a crucial part of the master plan. Syria is ...

11.04.2014

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