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By Devin Parsons It is possible for terror to originate from a recognized symbol of power, safety, and strength. When

By Dr. Ines-Jacqueline Werkner War is “contrary to the will of God”, according to a 1948 statement from the World

By Huseyn Aliyev for CRIA The collapse of the USSR has left the North Caucasus, a region in the south

By Mushfig Mammadov for CRIA On July 22, 2010 the ICJ rendered an advisory opinion (hereinafter referred to interchangeably as

By  Dr. Mehmet Bardakçı With the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union (EU) in 2007, the boundaries

By Kevin Daniel Leahy Emil Souleimanov, a Chechen political scientist, perhaps put it best when he described Doku Umarov as

On 22 July 2010 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) reached a final decision in one of its most momentous

By Nathan Paul Jones As former republics of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian countries have inherited extremely diverse multiethnic

By Luke Chambers In the decade since the arrival of Vladimir Putin to executive office in Moscow, Russia has entered

By Alexander Jackson In the aftermath of the two suicide bombings which struck the Moscow metro on March 29, the