CESRAN Int. – Page 25 – CESRAN International

Climate Change in the News – Geo-engineering, Agriculture and GHGs and Norway’s Carbon Pledges

CESRAN Int.8 February 20154 October 2015

I write a considerable amount about climate change. Why? Because I consider it and runaway human population growth to be the two most significant negative impactors in the 21st century. This...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

New Georgian Interior Minister Faces Multiple Challenges

CESRAN Int.5 February 20155 February 2015

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has promoted First Deputy Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri to succeed his former boss, Aleksandr Chikaidze, as minister. Chikaidze had submitted his resignation on January 23, citing as...

Middle East

Iran vs the ISIS or Struggle for Influence in the Middle East

CESRAN Int.2 February 20154 August 2019

Tactics and methods of the terrorist group ISIL “Islamic State of Iraq and Levant” which are based on radical current “Takfirism” do not only pose threat for the Middle East...

CESRAN Blog Europe

A League of His Own: Italy’s Northern League under Salvini

CESRAN Int.28 January 201521 February 2015

Italy’s far-right Northern League has received considerable attention due to its recent surge in popularity. In the wake of the January 7th Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris the Northern League,...

Africa CESRAN Blog

Ebola: Sierra Leone’s New War

CESRAN Int.19 January 201519 January 2015

Sierra Leone is a country located on the west coast of Africa. It gained independence from Britain on April 27, 1961. It is bounded to the north and northeast by...

Alp Ozerdem CESRAN Blog Turkey and Neighbourhood

Turkey Urgently Needs to Integrate Its Syrian Refugees

CESRAN Int.14 January 201514 January 2015

Since 2011, more than 3.2m Syrians are known to have taken refuge in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and a number of other countries. The real scale of the crisis is...

CESRAN Blog

The Collapse of Western Civilization – Speculation on Our Future

CESRAN Int.14 January 201519 November 2015

“Science fiction writers construct an imaginary future; historians attempt to reconstruct the past. Ultimately, both are seeking to understand the present.” Thus begins “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View...

CESRAN Blog Middle East

The Iranian Role in Iraq is Underreported

CESRAN Int.14 January 201514 January 2015

News reports tell us that negotiations have been delayed between the U.S. and Iran on nuclear weapons. But the reports divert our attention on Al Qaeda/ISIS while supporting the Shia’s...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Northern Sea Route: A Game Changer for Russia?

CESRAN Int.13 January 201513 January 2015

Throughout the twentieth century, we see the growing importance of oil to the growth of the global economy. In the unlikely event of the discovery of a major feasible alternative...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

Even Among Business Conservatives the Case for a Carbon Tax is Accepted

CESRAN Int.7 January 201522 June 2015

Taxing carbon has been seen as a bad idea by business and financial conservatives for a long time. But it seems with the Paris global climate agreement on the agenda...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Turkmenistan: What’s Behind Sudden Manat Devaluation?

CESRAN Int.5 January 20155 January 2015

Turkmenistan rang in the New Year by dramatically devaluing its national currency, the manat, and introducing a steep levy on the price of petrol. The scale of the devaluation –...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

What’s The EEU And What Are Its Chances?

CESRAN Int.3 January 20153 January 2015

Five years ago, Moscow had every reason to feel secure about its neighborhood. Ally Kazakhstan was settling in as the first post-Soviet state to chair the Organization for Security and...

CESRAN Blog Michael Roberts

Predictions for 2015

CESRAN Int.2 January 201527 May 2016

Making predictions or forecasts about a national or the world economy is fraught with failure. There are so many variables to consider and the data available are often inadequate and...

CESRAN Blog Rahman Dag Turkey and Neighbourhood

Methodological differences of the PKK, KCK and HDP

CESRAN Int.25 December 201425 December 2014

Since the PKK was established an illegal, armed organization, it has always been revolutionary in the way it obtained its results regardless of a transformation from separate state to democratic...

CESRAN Blog Ozgur Tufekci

The Clash of Powers or The Dawn of a New Era?

CESRAN Int.22 December 201422 December 2014

“As I have said before, our two nations are trying to do something that has never been done in history, which is to write a new answer to the question...