Articles About Terrorist Activities

WHY AN INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE?

Throughout the ages Terrorism has threatened societies and states, with varying purposes causing death of thousands by exploiting different instruments. Even in the last 5 years, more than 5 thousand people died and 12 thousand people were injured in several terrorist attacks. Even only these numbers evidently show that terrorism has become the primary threat against humanity today.

An analysis of just only these terrorist attacks avails us to make several inferences.
Some of these inferences can be stated as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Washington Institute of Near East Policy

What is the Kurdish Regional Government’s current status in northern Iraq, and what implications does it hold for the United States? Is Kurdish independence a likely scenario? To examine these questions, a four-member Washington Institute delegation visited the KRG in February 2008, exploring its political and economic situation, its ties to the rest of Iraq, and its relations with Turkey, Syria, and Iran. The trip resulted in a set of benchmarks to assess the region’s future prospects, both domestically and internationally.

In this new Washington Institute Policy Focus, Soner Cagaptay, Audrey Flake, Michael Knights, and David Pollock discuss each of these benchmarks, outlining important new findings on issues such as the KRG’s little-known financial dependence on Baghdad, its lethargic economic growth, its “love-hate relationship” with Iran, and its tolerance of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) — a factor that haunts Turkish-KRG and Turkish-Iraqi relations alike. Taken together, these and other findings could give policymakers significant leverage in their efforts to secure a broad spectrum of U.S. interests in Iraq, from human rights concerns to investment opportunities. Download Free e-Book

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