Posted on Thu, December 1, 2011 at 01:13 am CET
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Turkey and Syria: from Friendship to War?

The inability of the Baath regime in Damascus to bring the situation in the country under control has compelled Turkey to… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Diplomacy • Economy • Kurdish People • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, November 26, 2011 at 22:53 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: frustration over the bread crisis, rising food prices and corruption leads to social unrest in Egypt

Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt’s poor hard and are the major contributor to… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, November 21, 2011 at 13:00 pm CET
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Europe and the Palestinians: What’s the Difference Between Ordinary Insanity and Middle East Policy Insanity?

What is the definition of Middle East policy insanity?… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Europe • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Politics 
Posted on Mon, October 31, 2011 at 20:05 pm CET
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Economy: Are the Generals stealing Egypt?

After public warnings that it faces bankruptcy within a few months… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt 
Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 17:47 pm CEST
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Syria: Minority Regions Braced for Civil War

Two of Syria’s most important minorities, the Alawites and the Druzes, fear that… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Economy • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 15:37 pm CEST
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The View from Beijing: Growing Chinese Enthusiasm over Turkey

Chinese analysts have been pleasantly surprised by the stupendous growth in their cultural, economic, and political ties with Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: China • Economy • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, September 7, 2011 at 13:50 pm CEST
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Warmongering Turkey trying to intimidate Cyprus as well

Tensions are not only mounting between Israel and Turkey since the release of the UN Palmer report… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Cyprus • Economy • Energy • International Law • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, September 6, 2011 at 16:42 pm CEST
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Will the CHP, Turkey’s Main Opposition Party, Ever Become a Relevant Political Alternative?

The Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s main opposition party, will have to adopt a whole new discourse and appropriate a new political… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, August 20, 2011 at 20:23 pm CEST
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Turkey and Syria: a Parting of Ways

The turmoil in Syria threatens to deprive Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party of one of its most significant foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Economy • Iran • Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Kurdistan • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 00:55 am CEST
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Instant obsolescence of the Turkish model

With the Turkish lira in free-fall, Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks less like a prospective Ottoman caliph than a garden-variety Third World strongman… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, August 11, 2011 at 01:24 am CEST
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Curbing Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Tightening the Economic Noose

Are sanctions capable of derailing Tehran’s nuclear drive? Some skeptics reject such measures altogether… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Economy • Human Rights • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, August 1, 2011 at 12:36 pm CEST
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Subsidy policy reform as seen by an Iranian citizen: housewife’s letter to Ahmadinejad

This week the conservative daily Khorasan published a letter sent by an Iranian housewife to President Ahmadinejad… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran 
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 Sat, July 23, 2011 at 19:27 pm CEST
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When will Egypt go broke?

With demonstrators back on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Western media outlets once again are focused on the demands of urban protesters… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Economy • Egypt • G8 • GCC 
Posted on Thu, June 16, 2011 at 22:04 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Urbanization: The Secret Behind AKP’s Third Consecutive Electoral Success

At 12 June’s general election, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development party (AKP) pulled off a rare political hat trick… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, June 4, 2011 at 01:19 am CEST
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Economy: The hunger to Come in Egypt

Mubarak is gone, but the ‘Arab Spring’ in Egypt will not lead to an ‘Arab Summer’… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 00:57 am CEST
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Economy: Humpty Obumpty and the Arab Spring

Pay close attention to this article by the analytical artist who calls himself “Spengler.” He has been arguing… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • G8 • Islamic Countries • Morocco • Syria • The Middle East • Tunisia • Yemen 
Posted on Wed, May 25, 2011 at 00:56 am CEST
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Turkey’s Economy: A Trump Card for the AKP in the June Elections

Less than a month from now, Turkish citizens will go to the polls to cast their votes in the Republic’s seventeenth general election… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Turkey