It is important for the Russian air force and military to recognize the way their actions are perceived and the possible outcomes of their actions. Last week, one of the most significant recent crises that has taken place between two […]
It is important for the Russian air force and military to recognize the way their actions are perceived and the possible outcomes of their actions. Last week, one of the most significant recent crises that has taken place between two […]
Russian violations of Turkish airspace have been frequent in the run-up to the incident despite Turkish warnings they would not be tolerated. On November 24, 2015 an Su-24M tactical bomber of the Russian Aerospace force was shot down by a […]
There are over 4 million Syrian refugees residing in different countries for at least the last three years due to the civil war back home. The Syrian refugee crisis is a great opportunity for some members of the group that turned […]
In his latest interview with Obama on ‘60 Minutes’, asking questions about fighting ISIS, the train-and-equip program and Russia’s military involvement in Syria, Steve Kroft tried to drive the president into a corner. U.S. President Barack Obama’s interview on “60 […]
The latest report by Amnesty International about a new wave of the forced displacement of the people in PYD-controlled areas reveals the lack of human security in the region. Last June, in the aftermath of clashes between the People’s Protection […]
The Russian actions in Syria took place in a period of the transformation of the international system. It is a period of post-unipolarism in which the U.S. no longer sufficient power to shape the politics and economy of the entire […]
The reason behind Washington’s silence over the latest reports, claiming that Russia’s bombings in Syria were not against ISIS troops as Putin claims, but against Syrian moderate groups whose weapons are supplied by the CIA, still remains a mystery. What […]
Although it prompts various questions, it is quite clear that China’s policy change, in other words its involvement in the Syrian conflict, will do nothing but increase chaos in the region. While there are many unknowns about Russia’s motivation […]
SETA Foundation at Washington D.C.’s Kadir Ustun joins #HashtagVOA with Doug Bernard alongside Omar Hossino, Public Relations Director at the Syrian American Council, and Christopher Harmer, Senior Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War to Discuss Russian intervention in the […]
On September 14, 2015, the SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. organized a panel discussion entitled, “A Tale Four Augusts: Obama’s Syria Policy” that reviewed Kilic Kanat’s book of the same title, and explored the last four years of US policy […]
With the West’s silence over the terror of the Assad regime and now the Russian government’s military support to Syria, the atmosphere is perfect for everything to go as Assad wishes. This column is the third in a series on […]
Russian involvement in Syria can cause the intensification of the civil war and increase the number of causalities and refugees. New developments have taken place in the last few days since the first reports last week on the Russian military […]
Last week, there were an increasing number of reports in U.S. media regarding Russian military activity in Syria. According to these reports, U.S. intelligence captured evidence about the increasing number of military personnel and actions by Russia in regime-controlled areas […]
The picture of the drowned Syrian child has become a symbol of the apathy, negligence and sinfulness of European countries in the face of the Syrian civil war. At the center of Peace Park in Hiroshima there is a monument […]
On August 6, 2015, the SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. organized a panel discussion entitled, “The US-Turkey Safe Zone Agreement: What Does It Mean?” The panelists included Sabiha Senyucel, Research Director, the Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM); Melissa […]
Turkey’s struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took on a new dimension in the wake of the Suruc bombing on July 20, 2015. Turkish policy has now shifted to allow the use of Incirlik air […]
This book provides a synopsis of the past four years of U.S. policy in Syria. It brings together the major turning points of this policy since the beginning of the Arab Spring and positions that different actors endorsed since 2009. The […]
The Syrian conflict has produced the most compelling humanitarian challenge of the 21st century. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there are 12.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance with 3.9 million who fled […]
The conflict in Syria entered its fourth year last week, and in terms of casualties and displaced people, it has brought one of the most tragic outcomes in recent history. The conflict in Syria entered its fourth year last week, […]
The tragedy in Syria necessitates Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to leave aside these disagreements and deal with this issue together. The recent visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Saudi Arabia and rather cordial meetings with the Turkish delegation […]
There is something almost legendary going on in Turkey in regard to the Syrian refugees. This amazing work by AFAD and local nongovernmental organizations deserves better international recognition. It is not possible to understand the true extent of the humanitarian […]
If on the other hand the goal of the hosting countries is to end the diplomatic isolation of Russia and Egypt, it will again not provide positive results for these two countries. A few weeks ago the Russian and Egyptian […]
The latest interview with President Assad seems interesting and important, especially in the way that it remarkably unveils his world and how he sees Syria’s future. It is usually interesting to read or watch interviews with authoritarian personalities like Assad […]
After saying, “Assad must go,” the administration did a minimum to achieve this goal. After U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s statements last week signaling a change in U.S. policy on Syrian President Bashar Assad, most of the followers of […]