In this episode of Orion Talks, Suat Cubukcu sits down with Dr. Zachary Zwald, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, to explore
Sudan’s modern history has been marked by protracted civil wars and non-democratic governance systems. Behind the conflicts between armed groups and militaristic rules, women and
Orion Policy Institute hosted a live webinar on Friday, September 27, 2024, between 11 AM – 12:30 PM (EST) titled, “Technology and Terrorism: Understanding the
In this episode of Orion Talks, Marta Furlan is joined by Dr Angela Robinson for a discussion on human trafficking, one of the most widespread and yet least talked about human rights violations.
Last week, the Paris railroad system was disrupted by planned, coordinated arson attacks. This was not unique, but it signals that major cities must be
The October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel not only ignited a war in Gaza but also a severe escalation along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.
A single breached password was used on the dark web to log in to a legacy VPN. Hackers reached servers, encrypted around 100 gigabytes of
MENA region with a population of about 493 million people is one of the most populated regions in the world. This region has been very
In this episode of Orion Talks, our podcast host, Suat Cubukcu, is joined by Dr. Jenny Schell and Dr. Linda Geven. With their multinational research
Over a decade ago, Turkey-Syria relations have undergone a dramatic shift when then Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) decided to end their policy of ‘zero problems with the neighbors’ and interfered in the uprising in Syria. The AKP’s overly ambitious Neo-Ottomanism and revolutionary aspirations, coupled with military activism and Iranian-style proxy warfare campaigns in its neighboring country proved to be a disastrous mixture. Today, Erdogan has no other choice but to return to his Syria policy before the Arab Spring: seeking rapprochement with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
