Videos
Francois Burgat on Discourse Around Political Islam, Success and Failures of the Arab Spring
François Burgat, a Senior Research Fellow (Emeritus) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, discusses the discourse around political Islam, and the reasons...
VOP-ED: ‘No One Hears Us’: Torture of Women in Syria’s Dungeons
Testimonies show how 14 former Syrian female detainees were tortured between 2011 and 2016, in violation of both International Human Rights Law and International...
David Patrikarakos on the Concept of 21st Century Wars Through Spread of Propaganda
David Patrikarakos, a British journalist and the author of "War in 140 characters", discusses the concept of 21st century wars through spread of propaganda,...
VOP-ED: Legitimising Terror: The PYD/YPG, Syrian Kurds and the Myth of Representation
The war in Syria has provided terrorist groups with new opportunities to expand their support base and fields of operations. The most significant example...
VOP-ED: Lebanon’s Political System is at the Core of its Malaise
There are no two ways about it, Lebanon is – to use the language of the IR theorists – on the verge of becoming...
VOP-ED: Regional Power Rivalry and the Failure of the Arab Maghreb Union
We look at the conditions by which the Arab Maghreb Union was formed and what the five states of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and...
VOP-ED: Venezuela’s Migration Crisis and the Politicisation of Aid
Venezuela has seen steady migration out of the country over the past eight years. Since 2010, approximately three million Venezuelans have fled the country.
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Benedetta Berti on Change Through Parliamentary Democracy in Post-Revolutionary Societies
Benedetta Berti, an Eisenhower Global Fellow and a TED Senior Fellow, spoke to TRT World Research Centre about achieving change through parliamentary democracy in...
William Hale on US Withdrawal from Syria & Christian Evangelists with US Foreign Policy
William Hale is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University...