Researchers travelled across Damascus, Rural Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa observing firsthand how Syrians are navigating the country’s transition.
- Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Durham University
A new ceasefire is unlikely to stop clashes between the warring expat communities around the world.
Khashoggi’s ruthless killing is just one example of a broader trend including the widespread detention, kidnapping, murder and extradition of dissidents and their relatives.
Yes, a lot of Turkish citizens are looking for a chance to start new lives abroad – but not all of them are doing it for the same reasons.
The leaders of Turkey and India have plenty in common.
After years of creeping authoritarianism, Turkey’s president is now set up to take the reins in earnest.
La stratégie du Président turc, qui divise pour mieux régner, pourrait lui jouer des tours dans le contexte d’insécurité grandissante qui mine le pays.
The divisive tactics that put Turkey’s president in control could yet be his undoing.
Nearly three decades after the horrific gas attack by Saddam Hussein, Kurds are waiting for the world to recognise a genocide.
For better or for worse, various countries around the world charted a new course last year. What lies ahead for 2016?
After being humiliated at a summer election, Turkey’s ruling party set about winning over the population with fear. It seems to have worked.
Tensions between the two groups have hit breaking point in Turkey – but both have large diaspora communities.
Turkey’s already illiberal democracy shows all the signs of slipping towards dictatorship. A civil war between its livid political factions could be next.
Turkey’s political factions, hardly friends at the best of times, are more divided and mutually suspicious than ever.
Can the left-wing HDP cross Turkey’s electoral threshold to transform the nation’s parliament?
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