Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

This time last month, the Syrian military was sweeping through Kurdish territory in the country’s northeast Hasakeh Governorate, and having seized control of the al-Hawl prison camp, there were reports of thousands of ISIS-linked detainees being freed by the Islamist government’s forces. The government downplayed this issue, blaming the escapes on Kurdish security weakness, and […]

A new poll of Israelis shows that six-in-ten are opposed to the current truce with Iran. Last week, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow space for talks to bring a permanent end to the conflict.  The survey, conducted by the Institute for National Security Studies, found 61% of Israelis are […]

Social contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state.