Urbicide in Syria
Until now, the Assad regime has relied, in part, on a strategy of urbicide. Urbicide is a strategy in which the annihilation of the built environment of a targeted population…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
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FPC Briefing: Time for Georgia to become European
As Vladimir Putin broods in the Kremlin wondering what his next foreign policy moves should be, is Georgia on his mind? The small Black Sea and Caucasus state has always…
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Paraguay: With less than ten months until the Presidential elections, the country lives with political uncertainties
Interestingly enough, according to the country’s constitution, the impeachment of the former Paraguayan leader does not make him ineligible; in other words if he wishes, Lugo could run for President…
China’s Economic Geography: Moving outside the Pearl River Delta
The underlying reason for this assertion is the gaps in development within Guangdong province, China's largest provincial economy by aggregate GDP. Since the instigation of ‘reform and opening up’ policies…
FPC Briefing: Challenges facing South Africa-China relations
FPC Senior Research Associate William Gumede sets out some his concerns around increasing Chinese control of key South African resources and advises diversifying its sources of investment from other emerging…
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FPC Briefing: Cyprus: One step forward, two steps back
FPC Senior Research Associate Firdevs Robinson gives a detailed and wide ranging account of the current challenges facing the long-running attempts to resolve the division and separation of Cyprus. She…
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Turkey at the London Conference on Somalia
Mr. Cameron described the war-torn Somalia as a “complex jigsaw puzzle.” It is indeed a difficult and unpredictable country with many parallels with Afghanistan. Western intelligence experts now fear that…
Brazil: Government, opposition and future
The opposition, despite having received several "gifts" from the government, such as the ministerial scandals, continues as in 2011, without speech or messages, with nothing concrete to say and deeply…
UK development policy in an age of austerity
In today’s age of global austerity and insecurity, UK development policy is arguably more critical than ever in reasserting Britain’s confidence at home and abroad. The Labour governments of Tony…
FPC Briefing: Turkey – Role Model or Regional Bully?
FPC Senior Research Associate gives her analysis of Turkey’s role on the international stage and as a leading player in the evolving map of the Middle East. She notes Turkey’s…
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