Greece - an ongoing, and growing, crisis
Arrivals to Eastern Aegean islands, 1 January – 4 April 2018, inclusive Lesvos, 3,079. Total arrivals since 30 March: 351. Chios, 397....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Mar 20, 201820 min read
The EU/Turkey Deal, two years on
The exact date of the anniversary of the initiation of the EU/Turkey Deal is a matter of some debate, as the document was signed on 16...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 22, 20175 min read
Syria: the future
IS appears to have suffered further set-backs in Syria, with the announcement by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF – a US-backed...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 17, 20172 min read
Iraq and Yezidis: troops seize Sinjar
Iraqi and Iranian-backed forces have seized the Yezidi city of Sinjar, where in August 2014, IS committed one of its most horrific...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 9, 20175 min read
The UN: defined by structural flaws
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Joanathan has told the Rhodes Forum that far from preventing wars, the UN has ‘only succeeded in...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 3, 20173 min read
The (lack of) Calm Before the Storm: Iraq, Syria and the international community
In an article for the Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies, Lieutenant Colonel Dr Mordechai Kedar warns that Shias in Iraq and in...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 2, 201716 min read
A Tale of Two Cities: Referenda in Catalunya and Erbil
This week began with an internationally-condemned independence referendum in a regional capital in an intensely strategically-important...
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