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De-radicalization and the Prevention of Radicalization in Germany, Great Britain and Denmark

Date de publication
01 December 2015
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To date, a few thousand Europeans have left Europe to join jihadi fighters in Syria and Iraq. Several hundreds of them have already returned. To deal with this phenomenon, some countries have developed radicalization prevention and de-radicalization programs.

Defeating Daesh: A Financial and Military Campaign

Date de publication
01 June 2015
Accroche

The Islamic State has considerable income, mostly from taking control of banks; managing trafficking networks – particularly hydrocarbons – and from external support. 

Israel and Hezbollah: The New Strategic Equation

Date de publication
01 June 2015
Accroche

After the war between Israel and Hezbollah during the summer of 2006, a deterrence strategy was established between the two parties. Occasional subsequent crises have thereby been contained and have been prevented from escalating into extensive confrontations. 

Syria: Ankara versus Tehran?

Date de publication
01 September 2014
Accroche

Turkish leaders would like to turn their country into the leader of the Middle East. However, they are in competition with another of the region’s key players: Iran.

Kurds and the State Option

Date de publication
26 June 2014
Accroche

The Kurds in Iraq occupy what is practically a state. The Syrian civil war has resulted in the autonomization of the country’s Kurdish population. To Kurdish advantage, the JDP’s (Justice and Development Party – Turkey) ambiguous policy has cleared a new political space in Turkey.

The Paradoxes of the Kurdish Spring in Syria

Date de publication
26 June 2014
Accroche

Although the Kurdish population in Syria forms a very small and highly divided minority, the Kurds nevertheless have managed, thanks to the civil war, to gain relative autonomy in Northern Syria. 

What Kurdish Policy Will the JDP Adopt?

Date de publication
26 June 2014
Accroche

The emergence of an autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, the civil war in Syria, and the electoral ambitions of the JDP (Justice and Development Party) have led to new policy being formed by the Turkish government regarding the Kurdish issue.

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The Ukraine: First Lessons - Kurdistan(s)

Date de publication
26 June 2014

Turkey: The Kurdish Movement in the “Peace Process”

Date de publication
26 June 2014
Accroche

While the peace process between the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the Turkish government is at a standstill, the latter is attempting to circumvent Turkey’s Kurdish actors by aligning itself with the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party), which dominates the Kurdish regional government in Iraq.

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