Tense economic disputes have escalated to violent confrontations in the past, and there is a legitimate fear that the budding trade war between the United States and China could trigger a…
Renewable energy technologies promise to help our world avert some of the worst impacts of climate change. However, some of the minerals and metals they require could contribute to conflict.
With the launch of Tianhe-1 – the core module of its planned space station – China will bring to fruition its human spaceflight plans that have been in motion since 1992.
In just two months, NATO leaders will gather for their first formal summit in two years. The agenda will include revising NATO’s Command Structure, ensuring fair burden-sharing, increasing cooperation between…
On April 10th, Five Minutes sat down with Sophie Huvé and Ambassador Melanne Verveer at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security to discuss Huvé’s recently published research titled…
In November 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri stepped down from office while under house arrest in Saudi Arabia. In his resignation speech, which was televised from Riyadh, Hariri stated…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in July 2017. In December 2017, he announced that a joint effort between the Iraqi government…
Introduction The purpose of this article is to examine the origin of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) and to review how it functions in regard to terrorists who…
Iraq is on the brink of civil war. Iraqi Kurdistan’s contentious independence referendum and Baghdad’s heavy-handed response have set the stage for a military clash between the Iraqi military and…
The Horn of Africa has rapidly risen on the global stage as a region affected by terrorism and violent, often religious-based, extremism. This rise is primarily due to al-Shabaab’s military…
