Friday, December 8, 2023
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Hear Syrian Activists Tackle the Problem of ‘Hell On Earth’ - Bedford+Bowery
When Radwan Ziadeh was living in his hometown of Daraya, southeast of Damascus, its population was 300,000. Now, he says, the population is zero. Ziadeh, a political opponent of the Bashar al-Assad government, came to the U.S. after his...
‘Erdoğan ben gidersem Zarrab dosyasının kapanacağını sandı’ - Romanya Haber
Rıza Sarraf davasıyla ilgili çeşitli iddialar son günlerde ABD medyasının gündeminde yer almaya devam ediyor. Washington Post gazetesinin köşe yazarı David Ignatius, ABD’yle Türkiye arasında krizin asıl nedeninin Sarraf davası olduğunu iddia etmiş, Erdoğan’ın Rıza Sarraf’ı kurtarmak için müthiş bir kampanya yürüttüğünü öne sürmüştü.
Nonformal Dialogues in National Peacemaking: Complementary Approaches - ReliefWeb
Nonformal dialogues offer complementary approaches to formal dialogues in national peacemaking efforts in contexts of conflict. As exemplified by the nonformal dialogues in...
Nancy Lindborg W. Tim Farley on North Korea - SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124
Nancy Lindborg spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about the challenges North Korea’s nuclear capabilities are presenting. Lindborg discussed the talks currently taking place that have unified support to levels previously unrealized...
America’s Opportunity In Iraq Is Ready To Be Seized - War on the Rocks
The American contribution to the defeat of the Islamic State (ISIL) has given Washington a new prestige in Iraq. Indeed, the United States has an extraordinarily favorable image in Baghdad. It is hard to overstate the significance of what Iraq has accomplished in the past three years...
The Ignominious End of the ISIS Caliphate - The New Yorker
History will record that the Islamic State caliphate—a bizarre pseudo-state founded on illusory goals, created by a global horde of jihadis, and enforced with perverted viciousness—survived for three years, three months and some eighteen days.
Indian-American attorney recognised with philanthropy award - The Indian Express
Recognising this, he has supported both the US Institute for Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center, which bring scholars and practitioners to develop programmes to try to find peaceful means for conflict resolution, Islam said.
Miles to go - The Dawn
The last couple of weeks have seen much diplomatic activity between Pakistan and the US. I am struck by the overly positive read-out of the engagement in Pakistan’s media. True, these efforts signify...
‘PAG MAY NAMATAY, MAY PAPALIT’ | Why PH’s terror problem in Mindanao may stretch beyond Duterte’s term - InterAkyson
While former Marine officer and Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano praised the government forces’ bravery in liberating Marawi City from the hands of Islamist extremists, the lawmaker also joined calls for the Duterte administration to pinpoint and comprehend the root causes of the problems in the South so it could have a more lasting solution to terrorism.
No nukes, more war - Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), fits snugly into the Nobel Committee's pattern of rewarding fuzzy thinking that would actually make war more rather than less likely.