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The Geneva Conventions
August 12, 2008 No Comment
The Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties and three additional protocols that set the standards in international law for humanitarian treatment of the victims of war. The singular term Geneva Convention refers to the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the aftermath of World War II, updating the terms …

The Iran Threat: An Assessment of the Middle East Nuclear Stalemate
August 1, 2008 No Comment
The Iran Threat: An Assessment of the Middle East Nuclear Stalemate

This report critically examines the underlying assumptions and overarching methods behind the official narrative on the West-Iran nuclear stalemate, as exemplified for instance in numerous research studies by think-tanks and research groups specialising in defence …

Toufic Machnouk on People & Power – Power Shift
April 27, 2008 No Comment
Toufic Machnouk on People & Power – Power Shift

The New Power Game: Iran Vs the USA: People & Power’s Samah El-Shahat questions the shifting balances of power between the West and the Middle-East and looks at the emergence of Iran as a new …