Posted on Sat, October 8, 2011 at 00:15 am CEST
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The Arab Spring and the Jews

Throughout the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Iraq • Jew-Hatred • Libya • Libya War • Morocco • Religion 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 00:34 am CEST
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FM Walid Al-Moualem Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

There are two sides to the problem Syria faces today… Continue reading

Topics: Syria • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 19:41 pm CEST
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President Talabani Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Iraq is building a homeland where everyone lives in peace and stability without regard to sectarian, ethnic or factional affiliations… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 18:15 pm CEST
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Sheikh Naser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

End the Israeli occupation of all the Arab territories it occupied after 4 June 1967, including the Syrian Golan… Continue reading

Topics: Kuwait • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, September 12, 2011 at 22:51 pm CEST
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A Sectarian Issue

As Gaddafi’s regime crumbles, speculation has started to arise over whether the Syrian opposition will now be emboldened in their struggle against Assad… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Iraq • Lebanon • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, September 5, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Situation: Plenty to Worry About But Little to Fear

Since much of what I write about regional politics seems pessimistic… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Security and Defense • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, September 4, 2011 at 20:07 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s War: Will Turkey’s Most Powerful Leader Since Ataturk Succeed in Securing the Country’s Unity?

Attacks carried out by Kurdish separatists since mid-July have set Turkey on the road to war… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • Neo-Ottomanism • PKK • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 20:40 pm CEST
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Assessing Qaddafi

The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on… Continue reading

Topics: Funding Islamic Terrorism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Libya • Libya War 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 10:25 am CEST
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Do Iraqi Documents Give Some Hints About the Iranian Regime’s Nuclear Strategy?

While an analogy doesn’t prove the point, I think that contemporary Iranian thinking is equivalent… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Iran • Iraq 
Posted on Sat, August 13, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST
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Obama and Erdogan grant Assad 15 days to finish Syrian Uprising

Thursday night, Aug. 11, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed to set Syrian… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, August 13, 2011 at 21:44 pm CEST
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The Big Split in the Revolutionary Islamist Movement: Sunni and Shia Blocs Emerge

A development of huge importance is happening in the Middle East, equivalent perhaps to the… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • GCC • Hamas • Iran • Iraq • Islamism • Lebanon • Muslim Brotherhood • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, August 12, 2011 at 18:21 pm CEST
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Spring comes, but not for Iraq’s Kurds

Amid widespread protests during this so-called “Arab Spring,” one place that has received relatively little media coverage is Iraqi Kurdistan… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Kurdish People • Kurdistan 
Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 21:45 pm CEST
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Fouad Ajami: A Genuine Arab Hero

Edward Said is treated like a guru and hero; Fouad Ajami isn’t… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Democracy • Economy • Egypt • Islamic Countries • Libya • Syria • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 20:08 pm CEST
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Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution

Earlier this month I participated in Coptic Solidarity’s Second Annual Conference in Washington D.C… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Copts • Egypt • Global Islam • Iraq • Jihadism 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, April 21, 2011 at 00:11 am CEST
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Assad’s Bloody Crackdown Protest Threatens Sectarian War

President Bashar Assad, while abrogating Syria’s detested 48-year old emergency laws Tuesday, April 19, immediately replaced them with… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Democracy • Kurdish People • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, April 13, 2011 at 00:49 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Government Outlines ‘Dilemma’ in Event of Iraqi Crackdown on Iranian Dissidents

The Mujahedin e-Khalq faces a difficult position in Iraq as the Iraqi government has made clear it considers the group a terrorist organization… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Iraq • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 20:53 pm CEST
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Libya Is To Obama as Iraq Was to Bush

This is what happens when the United States gets involved in a war without knowing what’s going on beforehand… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 13:45 pm CEST
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: “We Need to Hinder the Despotic Ambitions of AKP”

In this exclusive interview for Turkish Policy Quarterly, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu outlines his views and his Party’s position on the pressing foreign policy choices Turkey faces… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Cyprus • Islamism • NATO • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 15:26 pm CET
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Hamas ordered five Israelis murdered following secret Islamist Khartoum parley

The Itamar attack was the first result of an Iran-funded secret conference in Khartoum last week of the heads of the national branches of the Muslim Brotherhood across the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Global Jihad • Hamas • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • Sudan 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 01:17 am CET
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Squaring the Circle: The PKK Return to Violence and Turkey’s Intractable Kurdish Problem

On February 28, 2011, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced that it was abrogating its unilateral ceasefire first declared on… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 01:31 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Saudis fear ‘Shia triangle’ of Iran, Iraq and Pakistan

America is often portrayed as the big dog in Pakistan’s yard: a swaggering power that makes rules, barks orders and throws its weight around… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Iraq • Pakistan • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, March 8, 2011 at 01:19 am CET
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Why U.S. Policy is so Bad: An Analysis of the Current Policymaking Process

The problem is that the people most qualified to be heard and who have the better understanding of the situation are being ignored… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Egyptian Revolution • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, March 4, 2011 at 20:11 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Saudi Arabia Rated a Bigger Threat to Iraqi Stability than Iran

Iraqi government officials see Saudi Arabia, not Iran, as the biggest threat to the integrity and cohesion of their fledgling democratic state… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Iraq • Kurdish People • Saudi Arabia • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 17:20 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Kurdish Leader Discusses 2009 Turkish Local Elections

In an April 22 roundtable at Chatham House on Turkey’s recent elections, Kurdish political leader Ahmet Türk gave prepared remarks and took… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Human Rights • Kurdish People • Turkey • United States of America • WikiLeaks