An analysis of the forgotten aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement: human rights as a basis for a just and lasting peace and their importance for the peace talks in Ukraine Sunday 14 December marks the 30th anniversary of the formal ratification of the General Framework Agreement for Peace or …

The revolutionaries who entered Damascus wasted little time before beginning to reorganise and restructure Syria’s domestic policies. After the “Military Operations Administration” secured the capital and protected public property, it announced that the new government would begin its work as soon as it was formed. While news of the ousted …

Antonino Vadalà has been in prison in Reggio Calabria for a year, but only his close relatives know it. There were no news reports. In eastern Slovakia, where he lived, people only began noticing his absence a few months ago. In Italy, his name is unknown to most — just …

As the Turkish Republic enters its second century, the world around it has become more complicated and less forgiving than ever before. The order that anchored global politics for decades is giving way to new centers of power, and crises are extending across borders. Populist threats to democracy and energy, …

The United States House of Representatives voted late on Thursday, 10 December, by a majority in favor of the defense budget bill, which includes a provision to repeal the Caesar Act imposed on Syria. Mohammed Alaa Ghanem, Director of Policy at the Syrian American Council, said on his account on …

When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And democracy had survived the chaos of his first term, including the shocking events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. …

If the new government can deliver justice, contain sectarian tensions, and foster equitable rebuilding, Syria will begin charting a path towards a better future Damascus, Syria – On the night of the 8th of December 2024, Assad fled his presidential palace aboard a Russian military helicopter. In just 11 days, …

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TOL special operations units affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in coordination with the International Coalition to fight the Islamic State group, carried out a security operation in the countryside of Deir Ezzor (eastern Syria) on 7 December. In a statement published on its official platforms on Tuesday, 9 …

The Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy in recent days, articulating a conceptual break with many aspects of prior post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy.In some places, the new NSS comes close to sounding like restraint: insisting on the need to prioritize among goals, advancing a narrower definition of …