July 2016 – CESRAN International

Kurdish Cover Strategy in the Manbij Offensive and the fight for a united Rojava

CESRAN Int.29 July 201629 July 2016

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...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Europe

Brexit: Implications for Counter-terrorism

CESRAN Int.21 July 201621 July 2016

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...

Defense & Security Europe Middle East

Iraq: The Strategic Lessons of Chilcot

CESRAN Int.10 July 201610 July 2016

“The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences” Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2002 It is 12 volumes and 2.6 million words in length and took 7 years to...

Russia and Eurasia

Unlearned lessons of history

CESRAN Int.10 July 201610 July 2016

Rewriting history Today the process of rewriting history is gaining momentum. Washington succeeded so well in the substitution of factual evidence and perception thereof by people, that the whole world...

CESRAN Blog

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A challenge for the EU’s role in the South Caucasus

CESRAN Int.4 July 20164 July 2016

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...

CESRAN Blog Europe

Why Spain plays a crucial role in whether United Kingdom stays together

CESRAN Int.3 July 20163 July 2016

Committed supporters of Scottish independence may be dusting down their 2014 memorabilia and rehearsing their arguments now that the Brexit vote has raised the prospect of another referendum north of...

CESRAN Blog

Brexit Vs Remain; a leadership failure

CESRAN Int.1 July 20161 July 2016

Looking beyond the causes of Brexit and how each campaign faired in the Brexit Referendum is the fundamental issue of leadership failure on both sides. A 51% win for Leave...