Publications

Religious minorities are not only being persecuted in the Middle East, they’re also experiencing disruptions in the South Caucasus region. This issue of the CAD looks at the shifting fortunes and identities of the Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan, Muslim sects in Georgia, and the Yezidi community throughout the region.chevron_right

According to our partners at the ICG, the Ethiopian government is failing to dampen faith-based extremism and sectarian violence within the country. The reason appears to be simple enough. While mediating between contending parties, Addis Ababa has repeatedly sided with established religious authorities.chevron_right

his brief explains why Iran’s Parliament and Assembly of Experts are not as meaningful as the international press wants them to be. As things now stand in the country, the Parliament is likely to rema...chevron_right

Anthony Dworkin believes that the European Union’s stability-first approach towards North Africa is misguided. Indeed, he thinks the idea of authoritarian stability is illusory and that Brussels needs to push the region's states to adopt incremental economic and political reforms.chevron_right

This commentary discusses how the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran has spurred Saudi Arabia to reach out to Turkey as a potential partner against Tehran. Indeed, the recent deployment of Sau...chevron_right

This commentary analyzes Asian’s ability to fight. It concludes that even though the region’s powers have been spending a lot of money on high technology weapons recently, their ability to fight compl...chevron_right

This commentary looks at the 23 December 2015 cyber-attack on the electrical network in Western Ukraine, which was most likely perpetrated by Russia. The text's authors also explain why the attack may...chevron_right

The monuments of memory discussed in this text – i.e., statues, cross stones, memorials, and shrines – speak volumes about Armenia’s and Georgia’s relationship with their Soviet era past and the political-cultural values they hold dear today. Read on to learn more about these two nations’ “cultures of commemoration.”chevron_right

Given their traditionally close ties, this commentary wonders why Pakistan has been unwilling to join the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since the spring of 2015. It concludes that for several ...chevron_right

This brief highlights the dilemma the international community faces in responding to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. While strengthening sanctions and other countermeasures may yield short-term resul...chevron_right

This paper examines the legal obligations, under international law, of the countries the Rohingya refugees are trying to reach – Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. More specifically, the te...chevron_right

As Lu Yang sees it, states can develop security identities through routinized relationships with each other. These identities, in turn, can become codependent, as illustrated by India and China. Indeed, their long-standing border dispute has led to visions of “ontological security” that will be hard to break.chevron_right

This paper contends that the United States faces a geostrategic inflection point in Syria that it doesn't fully recognize. Indeed, the supposed “cessation of hostilities” that was declared on 13 Febru...chevron_right

The three articles in this issue of the RAD focus on the dicey state of Russia-Turkey relations. Among other things, they argue the two countries’ economic interdependence, and the normalization it requires and creates, is being trumped by their opposing long-term strategic goals in Syria and several other problems.chevron_right

This backgrounder provides a basic introduction to the Zika virus, the threat it poses to the Western Hemisphere and beyond, and how the world's health authorities are responding to what they see as a...chevron_right