Luca Steinmann 4 March 2021
Domestic instability in Armenia (and Georgia), a geopolitical “upgrading” for Azerbaijan. A discussion on the consequences of the latest Caucasus war with analyst Giuliano Bifolchi.
Analyses
International Affairs
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Evan Pheiffer 26 February 2021The new US administration may well change its approach to Turkey, yet Erdoğan’s regime is unlikely to significantly review the foundations of its self-assigned macro-regional role— that of a revisionist player, ready to embark on a number of political and military adventures to assert its power and “right the wrongs of colonialism”. Yet someone, at some point, will call the bluff. So claims historian Kerem Öktem, a leading scholar on contemporary Turkish history and politics, in this talk with Reset DOC discussing AKP’s foreign policy in the age of Biden. - Giuliano Battiston 11 February 2021The new US administration needs to handle a controversial foreign policy dossier: the withdrawal agreement with the Taliban signed by its predecessor. It still needs to figure out how.
- Federica Zoja 3 February 2021Ten years after the sudden destitution of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, all the chickens are coming home to roost in a Tunisia drained by what appears to be a never-ending economic crisis. Political reports mirror a situation that is now festering and in which conflict pervades the present.
- Gianni Del Panta 22 January 2021While the repression has crushed any form of political dissent, recent labor movement initiatives suggest the ideas of self-emancipation and participation have not vanished.
- Hussein Ibish 8 January 2021Almost all sides are winners for now, but a third GCC confrontation remains possible, writes Hussein Ibish
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- David Rigoulet-Roze 23 December 2020France, and what it represents, appears in many respects to be a priority target for political Islam in general, and for its extremist avatars in particular. This not a coincidence, since France embodies a singular conception of freedom of expression inherent to laïcité, which it has historically elevated to the rank of a cardinal republican value. “France is an indivisible, laïque, democratic and social Republic. It ensures the equality before the law of all citizens without distinction of origin, race or religion. It respects all beliefs.” It is precisely this respect for all religious beliefs that has been called into question and manipulated for largely political purposes by neo-Ottoman Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid the controversy generated by the republication, on September 2, 2020, of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by the Charlie Hebdo weekly newspaper.
- Nicoletta Fagiolo 21 December 2020Since 78-year-old outgoing President Alassane Ouattara has announced his decision to run again for office, despite the Constitution’s two term limit, nation-wide non-violent demonstrations have erupted across Côte d’Ivoire. The world is paying little if any attention.
- Uoldelul Chelati Dirar 17 December 2020Last month’s military blitz by the Ethiopian government was the tipping point of a long crisis. Internal and external actors are watching closely for its impact. A long, detailed analysis by prof. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar.
