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Author Archives: Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner

Julie is the Executive Director of the HSC and co-chairs the Security and Defence division. She tweets @MsIntervention. Michael Miner is a Senior Fellow at the HSC and a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and Senior Fellow at the HSC. You can follow him on Twitter @CivisRepublica.

War against IS – Erdogan’s smokescreen for crushing Kurdish opposition at home and abroad

Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner September 9, 2015 Iraq and Syria, Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa

The US and its coalition should look hard as its position in siding with an ally that fears a Kurdish State more than an Islamic one.

Iran’s nuclear programme is a threat to the region and the world

Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner February 1, 2015 Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa

Sunni Wahhabism or Shi’ite fundamentalism paired with nuclear weapons or access to nuclear material is a nightmare scenario of the worst sort.

Under threat: We must stand up for Syria’s Christians

Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner March 15, 2014 Iraq and Syria, Religion and Politics

The Arab Spring has turned into an Orwellian Winter for the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East. Persecution has reached unprecedented levels and throughout the region Christians are being killed, displaced, tortured, kidnapped, enslaved, and forced to convert.

Syria: The Wages of Inaction

Julie Lenarz and Michael Miner February 27, 2014 Iraq and Syria, Middle East and North Africa

The unrest in Syria has quickly spiralled beyond a sectarian civil war and into a regional crisis.