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Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

In the last years of the 2010s, the competitive intervention of rival powers in the Syrian crisis escalated into a contest to carve out spheres of geo-political influence in the country.

 4 September 2020
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Facing ISIS: The Kurds of Syria and Iraq

Despite a long and bloody history, the Kurds have never faced quite as virulent and destructive a threat as the Islamic State (ISIS), which has sought to utterly destroy Kurdish political and cultural life in Iraq and Syria.

 23 September 2015

Jihadism in Europe

The year 2015 opened with dramatic reminders that jihadism still poses a significant threat to the security of most European countries.

 17 September 2015

All Eyes on the Islamic State? Repercussions of the Fight against Jihadists on War-Torn Syria

Since autumn 2014 the United States has largely focused on building an international coalition with the aim of degrading and destroying the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

 27 August 2015

The Political Role of Military Actors in the Arab World after the Uprisings

The Arab uprisings that swept the Arab world in 2011 were driven by many catalysts, either short term or structural. The character and reactions of the military framed the various trajectories of transition and their different paths.

 24 July 2015

Syria: Indifference or Complicity?

The years go by and the counter continues to register an increasing number of casualties, wounded, displaced people and refugees. Statements with good intentions by the so-called “international community” are accumulating.

 20 July 2015

Modalities of Jihadism in The Middle East and North Africa: Ideological and Historical Roots

In a recent article Middle East specialist Fawaz Gerges identified three ‘waves’ of jihadist activism. ‘Near enemy’ jihadism, ‘far enemy’ jihadism, the third wave is that of the Islamic State.

 20 July 2015

Jihadism in Northern Africa and the Sahel

Even in Northern Africa, though thousands of kilometres from Iraq and Syria, the aftershock can be felt of the actions and discourse of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

 17 July 2015

A Fragmented Maghreb Facing a Security Challenge

In contrast to other attacks, the Bardo attack occurred when Tunisia seemed to have stabilised on the political and institutional levels.

 13 July 2015

Una fuerza árabe conjunta: ¿acierto o peligro?

Los países árabes deberían valorar si la vía militar es la solución para afrontar las disputas políticas e ideológicas y las desigualdades o más bien una de sus causas.

 21 June 2015

Dimensiones geopolíticas de la guerra en Yemen

Sin perspectivas de tregua, la intensificación de la campaña de Arabia Saudí y una implicación más directa de Irán, Yemen corre el riesgo de sumarse en el mismo caos que Siria e Irak.

 21 June 2015

Crisis, Conflict and the Political Economy of the Middle East Region

Any attempt to understand the political economy of the Middle East must begin with the area´s significance to global capitalism. The discovery of vast supplies of hydrocarbons was to position the Middle East at the center of world politics.

 8 June 2015

Petróleo y política en la segunda guerra civil libia

El país vive su segunda guerra civil desde la caída de Gadafi, que se libra en torno al control de los ingresos petroleros y las instituciones.

 21 March 2015