Middle East

No Peace Without Justice: The Denial of Transitional Justice in Post-2001 Afghanistan

Ariane Luessen • Feb 7 2022 • Essays

The denial of transitional justice in post-9/11 Afghanistan ignored Afghan demands for meaningful truth, justice and reconciliation.

How Effective is Terrorism in Exerting Political Influence: The Case of Hamas?

Aidan Lecky • Jan 16 2022 • Essays

Terrorism as a tool to achieve political influence can be effective in short-term, but ineffective for long-term goals.

Prestige Aid: The Case of Turkey

Henok Gebremedhin Teka • Dec 21 2021 • Essays

The study of foreign aid is one of the most contested topics in IR. For Turkey, it is argued that prestige has been the centerpiece of its aid policy since the 1990s.

Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge: U.S. Arms Transfer Policy

Patrick Scott • Dec 13 2021 • Essays

The U.S. policy aimed at securing and maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge aims to promote Israeli security in a historically hostile region for Israel.

China’s Increasing Influence in the Middle East

Suhail Ahmad Khan • Sep 20 2021 • Essays

China has strengthened its foothold in the Middle East in the 21st century by improving economic and diplomatic relations with the region in pursuit of a number of policy objectives.

Power-sharing in Iraq as a Model for Afghanistan?

Mary Brace • Sep 11 2021 • Essays

Looking to Iraq as an example, Afghanistan should be wary of formalizing consociational arrangements as the Taliban reintegrate into Afghan society.

ISIS’ Use of Sexual Violence as a Strategy of Terrorism in Iraq

Beatrice Aubert • Jul 27 2021 • Essays

The case of the Yazidi community provides evidence on how terrorist groups can resort to sexual violence as a strategy of ethnic cleansing.

Ontological Insecurity: A Case Study on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Jerusalem

Elaine Donderer • Jul 23 2021 • Essays

Under ontological security theory, Jerusalem engages in securitization in an effort to protect and solidify Israeli identity, resulting in Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Fragmentation, Back Channels, and Hurting Stalemates in the Oslo Accords

Maria Ravazoula • Jul 6 2021 • Essays

Fragmentation during the Intifada demonstrates that while fragmentation is not inherently a positive attribute in civil war, it can be applied in future conflicts.

Pinkwashing the Occupation: Narratives of Interracial Gay Relations in Israeli Film

Roni Zahavi-Brunner • May 18 2021 • Essays

Palestinian-Israeli gay relations depicted in Israeli cinema serve to pinkwash, or use liberal queer ideology, to diminish the violent occupation of Palestine.

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