• Opinion: Returning ISIS foreign fighters, what needs to be done?

    Opinion: Returning ISIS foreign fighters, what needs to be done?

    This article was originally published by “NATO Association of Canada” on March 4, 2019. An American citizen and former college student, Hoda Muthana, left the US four years ago to join ISIS. She is currently being held in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria. President Donald Trump has tweeted that he had directed Mike Pompeo…

  • The Impending Threat of Islamic Radicalization: A Look at Assimilation

    The Impending Threat of Islamic Radicalization: A Look at Assimilation

    By Kagusthan Ariaratnam & Ammna Nasser This article was originally published by “The NATO Association of Canada” on January 22, 2018. Youth radicalization has acquired renewed momentum in the current age of ISIS (Daesh). Repeated victories reported by the Iraqi and Syrian security forces are pushing Daesh to rethink survival strategies to live and fight…

  • Responsibility to Protect Syria – A Case Study

    Responsibility to Protect Syria – A Case Study

    Introduction It is widely believed that non-intervention is the norm within an international society since international law restricts the use of force except for purposes of self-defense or by way of collective enforcement as authorized by the United Nations Security Council (Bellamy and Wheeler 2014). This misunderstanding is grounded in the debate on how the…

  • Understanding the Causes of Civil War in Iraq and Syria

    Understanding the Causes of Civil War in Iraq and Syria

    Introduction The civil wars in Iraq and Syria are the most catastrophic and worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. The two main causes of civil wars in Iraq and Syria are authoritarianism and sectarianism. This essay will examine the causes and comparative analysis of two contemporary civil wars: The Iraqi civil war from 2006…