How the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resisted Obama efforts
One of the few things that Israelis and Palestinians have agreed on in the last eight years is that Barack Obama let them down. In the US as well, both Democrats and Republicans have criticised the...
View ArticleCommunity-University Research Engagement: How Can We Do It Better?
This question was the starting point of ‘Community-University Engagement in Divided Societies,’ a workshop held at Queen’s University on 17 February 2017 via the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute...
View ArticleTrump: justified yet unpredictable
The US air strikes on Syria in response to the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attack on civilians last week were justified. But the lack of sound process and consistent policy surrounding them are...
View ArticleFive myths about the Palestinian hunger strike
Approximately 1,200 Palestinian prisoners are in a second week of a hunger strike, following the controversial publication of an op-ed in the New York Times by the high-profile prisoner Marwan...
View ArticleYouth radicalization is on the rise. Here’s what we know about why it’s rising
What drives youth radicalization? This question has renewed relevance in recent weeks in the wake of dual terrorist attacks, one at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville on 12 August and the...
View ArticleFive myths about Palestine’s youth activists – debunked
Wisal Sheikh Khalil was just 14 years old when she was shot dead by an Israeli sniper during the protests on 14 May this year in Gaza, Palestine. Of the 60 Palestinians killed, eight were under 16...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: election results contested, but reveal...
The long-awaited results of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential election, announced by the state electoral commission early on January 10, will no doubt be challenged. While opposition...
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