Author Archives: Carl P Turner

The multi-faceted conflict in Yemen has thus far cost over ten thousand lives and left 75% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance. It has roots in the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ but fighting did not begin until 2014 when … Continue reading →

The 2018 Global Peace Index (GPI) is a useful tool for identifying which countries and regions are having the most negative impact on the overall global state of peace, particularly when the trends are considered over time. The output from … Continue reading →

It would be hard to miss the fact that there has been a summit in Singapore this week between US and North Korean leaders. The meeting of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un was an event heavy on spectacle and … Continue reading →

The Global Peace Index (GPI) is released annually and provides a ranking of 163 independent states and territories, covering 99.7% of the world’s population based on 23 quantitative and qualitative indicators. The key concept behind the GPI is the idea … Continue reading →

Bashar al-Assad is on a high. He is winning on the ground and his regime is more secure than at any time since the protests of 2011. The enemies of the Syrian government have been falling like dominos and those … Continue reading →

The war in Afghanistan is lumbering on with no end in sight despite decades of fighting. It is commonly treated as having begun in 2001 when Operation Enduring Freedom was begun in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The United … Continue reading →

The situation on the Korean peninsula has returned to the headlines with the cancellation of talks between North and South Korea and a threat from Pyongyang to withdraw from the forthcoming talks between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Pyongyang … Continue reading →

The long regional rivalry between Israel and Iran has undergone a dramatic escalation and has seen Israel directly target Iranian facilities in Syria, raising the possibility of an undeclared war becoming an intra-state one. The history of the relations between … Continue reading →

In the northern Myanmar state of Kachin the war between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has re-escalated as government forces have struck KIA bases in force. The military and the KIA resumed hostilities in 2011, breaking a … Continue reading →

The Syrian War has lasted for over seven years, from the initial protests against the regime to the internationalised conflict today. It has resulted in the deaths of an estimated half a million people, injured and displacing millions more, devastated … Continue reading →