Posted on Mon, February 4, 2013 at 02:40 am CET
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How Serious is Erdogan about Joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Instead of the EU?

Erdoğan is not going to initiate a divorce from the EU, but he may very well hope that the Europeans will “relieve” Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: China • Economy • Europe • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Russian Federation • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, January 30, 2013 at 17:12 pm CET
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Why Do Americans – Especially Among the Contemporary Elite – Believe Their Country is Evil?

The American elite has convinced itself and a large portion of the country’s youth that America’s whole history is evil… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Europe • France • History • Islamophobia • Obamaism • Political Correctness • United States of America • Western Culture 
Posted on Tue, January 29, 2013 at 20:42 pm CET
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U.S. Intelligence Writes Turkey’s Future

U.S. intelligence community ponders the impact of Turkey’s growing significance in global affairs… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Economy • NATO • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, January 7, 2013 at 21:14 pm CET
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After the Fall: What Do You Do When You Conclude America is (Temporarily or Permanently) Kaput?

The United States has taken a political turn which at least for the next four years will guarantee that it does not play the role of a great power… Continue reading

Topics: China • Diplomacy • Europe • Obamaism • Russian Federation • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, December 19, 2012 at 00:52 am CET
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U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State

Western policy is now putting into power yet another anti-Western regime that will oppress its own people and put a high priority on trying to wipe out Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, November 26, 2012 at 23:21 pm CET
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Breaking Anchor: Turkey’s Disappearing EU Accession Process

The European Commission issued its most critical report on Turkey’s progress towards meeting the criteria for EU membership since accession negotiations were formally inaugurated in 2005… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Diplomacy • Europe • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, October 10, 2012 at 00:41 am CEST
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TróCAIRE has no business in Israel fight

An excellent article by Mark Dooley explaining how Trócaire is a funding mechanism for radical left-wing activism…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Ireland • Pro-Palestinianism • The Vatican 
Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 14:59 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Leadership Ambitions in NATO Weakened by Petty Politics

NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, June 8, 2012 at 01:44 am CEST
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The EU at war with Israel: The prospect of an Irish-led EU-wide boycott

The moral hypocrisy behind a boycott of Jewish West Bank settlements… Continue reading

Topics: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Europe • Gaza and Westbank • Ireland • Israel • Politics • Rob Harris 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:54 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe

Over the next several decades it gradually established itself in other European countries and became responsible for the spread of radical Islam in the West… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Europe • Germany • Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Tue, March 27, 2012 at 22:21 pm CEST
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No Escape from Authoritarianism? Turkey Suffers from the Lack of a Constituency for Liberal Change

Turkey’s old habits of state authoritarianism persist under the rule of the AKP… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 23:50 pm CET
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Oil Remains King; When it Comes to Energy Production It’s A Case of Drill or Be Drilled

Here’s what you need to know about the current U.S. debate on energy… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Energy • Europe • OPEC • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 12, 2012 at 14:11 pm CET
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Dervla Murphy seeks the dissolution of the Jewish State – Part 2

The second part of this article analyses the views of the critics that Murphy quotes as a test of their credability… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Ireland • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Sat, February 11, 2012 at 18:51 pm CET
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Will Turkey Be Able to Join the West in Confronting Iran?

The international sanctions against Iran, and most recently the decision of the EU countries to stop importing oil from Iran, are ultimately going to have a major impact on Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Energy • Iran • Politics • Turkey • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, February 10, 2012 at 16:43 pm CET
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The Fatah-Hamas peace process

On Monday afternoon, the Palestinians destroyed officially whatever was left of the concept of a peace process with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Wed, February 8, 2012 at 19:16 pm CET
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Kastelorizo – Mediterranean Flashpoint?

That Athens controls this wisp of land implies it could claim an exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea that reduces the Turkish EEZ to a fraction of what it would be were the island under Ankara’s control… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Energy • Greece • Politics • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 7, 2012 at 16:00 pm CET
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A Very Brief History of European Christian Anti-Jewish Sentiment

Born with the rise of Christianity and Roman Catholicism, anti-Jewish sentiment is an old and firmly entrenched phenomenon in Europe… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Britain • Christianity • Europe • France • History • Holocaust • Italy • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life • Nazi Germany • Netherlands • The Vatican • Toni Kamins • Western Culture 
Posted on Sun, January 15, 2012 at 16:39 pm CET
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Turkey and Cyprus’ Gas: More Troubles Ahead in 2012

New tension is brewing between Turkey and Cyprus after Cyprus’ and Israel’s enormous gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Diplomacy • Energy • Israel • Politics • Russian Federation • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, January 6, 2012 at 17:33 pm CET
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Goodbye Democracy: My Political Analysis is Banned By A European Government’s Computer Program As “Hate Speech”

Western democracies have finally accepted censorship based on the clever lie that they are only protecting people from racism… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Europe • Global Islam • Human Rights • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Multiculturalism • Political Correctness 
Posted on Mon, January 2, 2012 at 19:36 pm CET
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The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World and Islamic Communities in Western Europe

This study examines the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other Arab countries in the wake of the past year’s regional uprisings… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Europe • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Sat, December 17, 2011 at 13:32 pm CET
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What Drives Turkish Foreign Policy?

Turkey’s growing international profile has been controversial… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Anti-Westernism • Diplomacy • Islamism • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, December 16, 2011 at 17:25 pm CET
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U.S. Policy and Iran: Why Obama’s Bargain has Failed

This notion of choice is the basis for Obama Administration policy toward Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, December 14, 2011 at 20:03 pm CET
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Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?

There have been various speculations in Iranian press on the significance of the Islamists’ victory and the nature of the Islamist faction in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Maghreb • Salafism • Saudi Arabia • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Fri, October 7, 2011 at 00:05 am CEST
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It Isn’t Israel in Danger of Disappearing, It’s The People Who Think That Way

I’m standing on the edge of the Roman Forum, by the Arch of Titus. This is the marble structure built by… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 
Posted on Thu, October 6, 2011 at 00:02 am CEST
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Europe’s Underestimated Islamists

In early 1959, a small West German intelligence operation stumbled over a sensational find: U.S. collusion with the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • Germany • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy • Western Culture