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Edisa Korugic

Aug 11, 2014, 7:59 PM

Why intervene in Iraq, Libya, but not Syria?

On Thursday, President Obama announced humanitarian relief for Yazidis trapped on the Sinjar mountain as well as air strikes against the terrorist group „Islamic State“ (IS or ISIS). Several targets in Iraq were already hit by US air forces....

Jul 17, 2014, 8:31 PM

Boycott the Israel-Palestine (Media) War

One of the typical characteristics of escalation of hostilities between Israel and Palestine is the corresponding media war, which seems to surpass the real fighting in intensity and hostility. I have always been bewildered by the unleashing of (sometimes...

May 5, 2014, 1:14 AM

Blair’s Middle East Speech: Cutting Through the Clutter

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair recently held a keynote speech at the Bloomberg Headquarters in London. While the speech was titled “Why the Middle East Matters”, it was, in fact, about the global threat of Islamism and how the...

About Me

Edisa Korugic graduated from the London School of Economics, where she has studied human rights and international relations with a focus on the legitimacy and legality of humanitarian intervention. She is currently working as Political Risk Analyst, while doing her phD on the emerging norm of liberal interventionism. Moreover, she is a former child refugee from the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, who grew up in Germany. Regular tweets can be found @edisworldview