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Reading Time: 2 minutes On the 3rd of January Iran and its allies reacted with outrage over the killing of General Qasem Soleimani. In the political ramble that ensued short afterwards, Iran vowed to take revenge over the IRGC’s Quds Force leader’s death. Needless to say, Iran had to show some form of reaction in order not to loose…
Reading Time: 3 minutes While most of the world has not heard of the Yazidi, the Islamic State hunts them down for one specific reason: their religious beliefs.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qasem Soleimani, who was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force was killed in a US drone strike on the 3nd of January 2020. Killed with him was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Soleimani was considered to be the architect of Tehran’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutes You are considering a career in International Relations and need some directions on how to go about. This article is one of a series of articles designed to help you with your personal career development in International Relations. As with any career, a career in International Relations requires dedication, and a pro-active attitude.
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a re-post of a blog post I did on own blog in 2016. Three years later and Brexit still hasn’t happened or has it? The one constant in Europe thus far has been populism. The word Brexit shows everything wrong with politics these days. And not just with politics and politicians but also…
Reading Time: 2 minutes While members of Parliament have been sparring for months over the deal Boris Johnson proposes to the European Union with Brexit, there seems to have been a breakthrough from the MPs in Westminster, but the EU is not so receptive. While Boris Johnson currently needs only 30 more opposing votes to turn in his favor,…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in 2016 I wrote the article below as a dire warning for the children that were being subjected to the Syrian conflict in all its forms, as well as to what it means for us internationally. Now, three years later the situation has not changed and there is no end in sight. The Syrian…
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Linda Robinson For Americans who came of age near the turn of the current century, the war in Iraq was a generation-defining experience. When the United States invaded the country in 2003, toppling the government of Saddam Hussein in a matter of weeks, many saw the war as a necessary or even noble endeavor to…
