2016 – Page 2 – CESRAN International

What Happens When the Daily High Temperature Outside Exceeds 50 Celsius?

CESRAN Int.20 August 201620 August 2016

For those who only read temperatures in Fahrenheit, that’s 122 degrees. And that’s nothing when you compare it to some of the temperature readings this summer in the Middle East....

CESRAN Blog

Decline and Fall 2016?

CESRAN Int.11 August 201611 August 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...

CESRAN Blog

The 12th issue of Journal of Global Analysis is out now…

CESRAN Int.6 August 20166 August 2016

The 12th issue of JGA (Journal of Global Analysis) is out now... You may download the articles through its own website: http://journalofglobalanalysis.com/?page_id=17 VOLUME VI NO II - JULY 2016 TABLE OF...

CESRAN Blog

Killing the Truth: The War on Reporters

CESRAN Int.2 August 20166 August 2016

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...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Middle East

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...

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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...

CESRAN Blog

The Causes of Brexit

CESRAN Int.28 June 2016

The causes of Brexit that I have heard thus far are as follows: The politics of austerity, the collapse of the Labour Party and the loss of the white working...

CESRAN Blog

Brexit: Between A Rock and A Hard Place

CESRAN Int.24 June 201627 June 2016

According to the latest results, the Leave campaign won narrowly in the Brexit Referendum. A narrow win it may be so, yet it is one of the biggest victories for...

Alp Ozerdem CESRAN Blog

A Very Sad Day for Europe: UK Opt to Leave European Union

CESRAN Int.24 June 20163 August 2016

The Brexit Referendum results - 51.9% for Leave and 48.1% to Remain - confirm the United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union. Today’s results will have serious ramifications...

Energy & Environment

Visit to Hiroshima Reminds Us That a Nuclear Winter is Never Too Far Away

CESRAN Int.5 June 20165 June 2016

The visit by President Obama to Hiroshima a little over a week ago made me think about the legacy we still live with because of the invention of nuclear weapons....