Crisis Archive

  • Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict

    Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
    BACKGROUND Since the end of the 1980s, a conflict emerged berween Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1992 the conflict culminated into the war between these countries. Cornell (2001), in his book Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict...

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  • Water and War in the Middle East

    Water and War in the Middle East

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    In the Middle East, the increasing urbanization rate with the increase in income that is gained from oil caused a  big demand rise in consumption and importation. As a result, the necessity for water raised and states, which  share a river, stream, lake or any...

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  • Yemen: Brand New Problem of the USA

    Yemen: Brand New Problem of the USA

    Posted on February 28, 2010 | No Comments
    In addition to the Zaydis’ rebels in its northern regions, Yemen again came to the top of the world media, yet for another reason: Al-Qaeda’s presence in the region, and its possible threats against Western targets. The very presence of radical Islamists in Yemen is...

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  • Darfur Facing Drought, Poverty and Death

    Darfur Facing Drought, Poverty and Death

    Posted on February 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Few words about Sudan Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Despite of the drought of Africa,...

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