UN Approves Statement Aimed at Restoring Peace to Syria
United Nations, August 17, 2015, published in ABC News The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a statement backing intensive preparatory talks on key issues aimed at restoring peace to conflict-wracked Syria, including a political transition and how best to fight terrorism. Before all 15 council members approved the text on Monday, Russia's [...]
The Iran Nuclear Agreement of July 14, 2015: Implications and Reflections on War and Peace- Part I
Harry Anastasiou Ph.D. Harry Anastasiou is Cofounder and Director of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace, and professor of International Peace and Conflict Studies in the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University. A Historic Agreement or Historic Failure On July 15, 2015, following an extended period of crippling [...]
An Open Letter From Retired Generals and Admirals on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Published in The Washington Post. The retired brass support the agreement and said diplomacy should be given a chance to work. The Iran Deal Benefits U.S. National Security An Open Letter from Retired Generals and Admirals On July 14, 2015, after two years of intense international negotiations, an agreement was [...]
Israel-Iran Hostility Challenged At Grass Roots
By Ari Rusila , August 9, 2015, published in Policy Issues Related to Peace, Conflict and Development Hostility between Israel and Iran -- over the US-Iranian nuclear control agreement -- has never been worse. Israel has made an intensive lobby against the deal. From Iranian side according to New York Post report, [...]
U.N. Mediator Proposes Syria Working Groups on Roadmap to Peace
By Michelle Nichols, July 29, 2015, published in Reuters Residents walk on a street after fighters from a coalition of rebel groups called ''Jaish al Fateh'', also known as ''Army of Fatah'' (Conquest Army), captured Zeyzoun thermal station from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, in [...]
Why Turks, Kurds May Want to Keep Wounded Peace Process Alive
By Dominique Soguel, July 31, 2015, published in the Christian Science Monitor Umit Bektas/Reuters The easy analysis about the clashes between Turkey and Kurdish PKK militants has been that the peace process is finished. But both sides have benefited from peace. Turkey’s Kurdish peace process is quickly unraveling, with Ankara [...]