During April of 2018, the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, declared that the Cold War had returned to the world “with a vengeance”, nearly three decades following the demise of the … [Read more...] about From Ukraine to Syria: The Frosty Comeback of the Cold War
Syrian Civil War
ISIS and The Modern Evolution of Terror Financing
When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria stormed the gates of the Iraqi city of Mosul at 2:30AM on June 4th, 2014, the entire world had to face that the terror group had evolved beyond what anyone had … [Read more...] about ISIS and The Modern Evolution of Terror Financing
How To Decipher The Middle East: An Interview With Dr. Will Hanley
For the past two years, Islamic extremism has been dominating the consciousness of the United States and the Western world. The rise of the Islamic State, inflammatory political rhetoric, and ethical … [Read more...] about How To Decipher The Middle East: An Interview With Dr. Will Hanley
Whatever Happened to the Free Syrian Army?
In 2015, Mohammed al-Goulani, leader of Syrian Al-Qaeda franchise Al-Nusra, claimed that negotiations taking place in Syria to end the five-year-long civil war had all been a farce. In a critique that … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened to the Free Syrian Army?