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Sundays Referendum: Electoral Implications
After a heated campaign period, the “yes camp” claimed victory on Sunday night in Turkey’s referendum which changes the political system from a parliamentary system to a presidential one. The…
Constitutional Referendum in Turkey: Victory vs. Great Divide
According to the early results of the referendum, held on 16 April 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AK Party, have claimed victory.…
Artificial Intelligence: ‘Frankenstein’ or Capitalist Money Machine
Introduction The Financial Times’ Special Report (2/16/2017) published a four-page spread on the ‘use and possible dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)’. Unlike the usual trash journalists who serve as Washington’s…
Is There Another Way to Achieve Sustainable Nuclear Fusion Energy?
A paper describing a “new path” to fusion energy has been published in the latest edition of Chemical Physical Letters. Entitled, “Quantum controlled fusion,” it proposes an alternative to thermonuclear fusion as…
CESRAN International named the World’s #86 “Best Independent Think Tank”
CESRAN International is pleased to announce that it has been named the world’s number 86 "Best Independent Think Tank". The ranking was announced in the 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index…
Is the G20 the Real Security Council?
Is the G20 the real Security Council? Over the past two days the heads of state and government of the G20 (Group of Twenty) top world economies met in Hangzhou…
Decline and Fall 2016?
“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not…
The 12th issue of Journal of Global Analysis is out now…
The 12th issue of JGA (Journal of Global Analysis) is out You may download the articles through its own website: VOLUME VI NO II - JULY 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS…
Killing the Truth: The War on Reporters
How the Syrian conflict has redifined war reporting Is it the lives of those who capture the truth in war time or the truth itself that matters most? Cameras were…
Kurdish Cover Strategy in the Manbij Offensive and the fight for a united Rojava
Since the end of May 2016, Syrian Democratic Forces have started offensive to liberate the city of Manbij from the “Islamic State” militants and unite all the territories of the…
Brexit: Implications for Counter-terrorism
Brexit will have negative consequences for counter-terrorism in the UK and in the EU. The UK will lose the possibility of enjoying the advantages the EU provides in this field…
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A challenge for the EU’s role in the South Caucasus
The recent unprecedented escalation of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan along the Line of Contact (LoC) around the Karabakh region brought back the questions of what kind of challenges the…