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The year 2011 saw a “regression toward the mean” in Turkey’s relation with the United States… Continue reading
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General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, declared that, if Iran came under attack from the U.S. or Israel… Continue reading
The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading
Internal and external dynamics no longer compel Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transcend his democratic limits… Continue reading
Turkey’s high-flying economy will crash-land in 2012… Continue reading
This article analyses German media coverage of Palestinian terrorism… Continue reading
I feel guilty every day that I don’t write about Syria’s revolution… Continue reading
China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program according to leaked wikileaks cables… Continue reading
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There is a constant effort to portray those who express Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing”… Continue reading
Iran’s strategy is based on “attack for attack”, and since the United States is ruled by Israel and is more concerned with an attack on Tel-Aviv… Continue reading
Turkey’s growing international profile has been controversial… Continue reading
The Washington Post has an article by Michael Gerson attacking Newt Gingrich’s warning that the imposition of Sharia law… Continue reading
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This notion of choice is the basis for Obama Administration policy toward Iran… Continue reading
Iran announced yesterday that it had completed the transfer of its nuclear facilities underground… Continue reading
Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… Continue reading
In view of the instability of Bashar Assad’s regime, Hamas has begun evacuating its Syrian external headquarters… Continue reading
Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?
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A Huffington Post writer with no known expertise on the Middle East, has accused me of being not only an alarmist about revolutionary Islamism but also as a “neo-con… Continue reading
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