The Colour was Red: A Whisper of Hope, Love and Shared Silence

Review of Mahbod Seraji’s Rooftops of Tehran It was the long summer of restlessness, the youthness asking to colour the clapped mountains in red. Verses of fear and hope tremble the silent heart when Rooftops becomes boisterous. Some pages of history stay with us because of extraordinary events, and others remain as they make ordinary…
Iran After the War: Between National Cohesion and Political Reform

The second war against Iran imposed by the United States and Israel in less than a year is a critical juncture in the Islamic Republic’s contemporary history. The conflict inflicted significant human, economic, and infrastructural losses on the country. But the most consequential effects extended beyond the battlefield, exposing and amplifying pre-existing political, social, and…
Beyond Regional War: Ukraine’s Conflict as Catalyst of Russia’s Global Repositioning

When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February of 2022, it was seen as one of the biggest geopolitical shocks to the existing international order in the post-Cold War era. Conventional analyses frequently characterise the conflict as a sudden aberration or a consequence of localised security dynamics, but historical and structural frameworks suggest it is the…



