Tunisia: A Strategic Choice in an overwhelmed International Agenda
Terrorism, critical humanitarian crisis, conflicts… all of these and more have became daily realities in the Middle East and North Africa, and consistently filled international agenda with emergencies needing urgent attention and solutions, yet prevented the international community from framing international interventions within a real...
ISIS: A collective Product of the Modern Society
Big data analytics is big business in our modern world. Analytics, which includes collecting unstructured datasets as well as processing them in order to uncover patterns and correlations, can also be used for security threat detection and possible prevention. As the virtual world is the primary recruiting mechanism for jihadists and engaging in cyber terror practices, a huge amount of data is now available to be analyzed and can help in predicting terrorist behavior and ultimately empower authorities in the cyber fight against extremism. These tools added a valuable asset in the war against terrorism and gave us an insight into ISIS strategies. Currently, experts at the University of Exeter are even talking about real-time ISIS propaganda collection and analysis to understand radicalization mechanisms. Researchers aim to reveal how ISIS online campaigns succeed in converting Millennials into Jillennials (Millennials extremist/ jihadist). The research team said in their public release on May 23rd, 2016 that they would “make use of powerful, computational techniques to detect, gather, and analyze this propaganda”.
When Humanitarian Aid Will Fully Embrace Efficient Business Practices?
According to professor of Technology and Operations Management and the director of INSEAD Humanitarian Research Group, Van Wassenhove (2006), disaster relief is about 80 % logistics, in another word, it comes down to Supply Chain Management (SCM). Hence, in order to efficiently and effectively deliver...
The Future of Syria and the Importance of Education
While the children of Syria cope with life-threatening concerns, they remain the future of Syria’s success and higher education is critical for this success. Before the civil war, Syria was classified as a middle-development country that offered subsidized education to nearly all children, including high...
Is Tunisia Rewriting History Again?
In late 2010, Bouazizi lit the candle of the Arab Spring by setting himself on fire, giving hope to oppressed populations and despairing youth. During the past five years, the revolutionary flames were intended as an antidote against the darkness of decades of injustice, torture...