Separatism
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ASIA
The golden opportunity for the Kurds
By Faraidoon Namdar and Farhang Faraidoon Namdar The neighboring Kurdish states (Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria) have never been more troubled than…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Is the Iraq-Kurdistan’s referendum a declaration of war against Iran and Turkey? Or another catastrophe for the Kurds?
By Farhang Faraydoon Namdar and Aran Ghafoor Ahmad Iraqi Kurdistan will hold an independence referendum in 25th September, 2017. This has…
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Breaking News
Scottish government plans second independence referendum in 2018/19
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence,…
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EUROPE
Ukraine: Still divided and tense
By Rene Wadlow The start of 2017 has seen an increase in military action and tensions in the separatist areas…
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ASIA
The next crucial question: Is it time to discuss an independent Kurdistan
By Abdul Manan An extended stroll off Lake Geneva leads up to a modest Kebab shop. In the company of flamboyant…
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ASIA
Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and waywardness
By S. Binodkumar Singh On August 28, 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera, while addressing a gathering in Point Pedro in…
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EUROPE
The crisis of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Russian-Serbian similarities
By Prof. Dr. Lisen Bashkurti The character of crises, the way they unravel, causes that create them, the factors that…
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Breaking News
Situation in eastern Ukraine remains “volatile” after 2 years of conflict: UN report
Some 9,371 people have been killed and 21,532 others injured in eastern Ukraine since the conflict began in mid-April 2014,…
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EUROPE
Suicidal nuclear gambit on Caucasus
By Petra Posega Game of Poker at best, Game of Chess at worst, and neither option should be celebrated Nuclear…
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ASIA
Sri Lanka: A year of promises
By Ajit Kumar Singh In a nationally televised Pongal (Tamil Harvest Festival) ceremony, on January 15, 2016, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said…
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