Torture at Abu Ghraib: A Technique in Fighting A New Kind of War
Calling the event a crime localizes it, but casting Abu Ghraib as a war crime might help make a moral and legal argument out of what happened.
Can an Intervention in Syria be Morally Permissible? Is it Morally Obligatory?
May a nation intervene in another nation’s conflict on loose humanitarian grounds to serve its own purpose? Interventions must be committed to helping the people who are persecuted.
Personality in Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Can personality be used to explain Israeli foreign policy during the 1982 Lebanon War, and can it contribute to our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?
The 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Like no uprising thus far, world media placed Tahrir Square in people’s living rooms, providing citizens around the world with a sense of ‘global hope’.
Hamas and Iran: Nationalism and Islam
Islam provides a strong rhetorical tool for furthering national political projects, providing as it does an empty vessel on many of the questions relevant to the contemporary political world.
Evaluating the Participatory Development Programme in Egypt
Despite the weaknesses of the programme, it has contributed to urban poverty reduction in some of the most well-known informal areas in Egypt, achieving many tangible results.
What Makes Post-Conflict Situations Particularly Susceptible to Corruption?
Broadly speaking, a combination of weak societal structures, fragile governmental institutions and unstable economic systems contribute to creating a chaotic environment conducive to corruption.
Is Turkey a Democracy?
Contemporary Turkey’s political system, despite some clear flaws, can be characterised as democratic. The AKP, by undertaking further reforms, has continued this processes of democratisation.
Islam and Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Rights in the MENA Region
Reproductive rights are supported by some political leaders and muftis, and denounced by others, a situation which is reflected in the range of laws pertaining to abortion in the MENA region.
Cold War Politics in the Middle East
America sought to deny the Soviets access to Middle Eastern territory and, through the policy of containment, inhibit the expansion of the Soviet sphere of influence.
