The mood among the few remaining, scattered liberal voices in the Turkish media landscape is gloomy as critical expression in Turkey is being systematically narrowed… Continue reading
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
What are the next steps for Mursi?… Continue reading
Whatever the outcome from the upcoming referendum to begin on Saturday in Egypt for the draft constitution, the superior position of the Islamist factions is unlikely to be overthrown in the near future… Continue reading
Only a week after being praised by the Obama Administration for his supposed helpfulness in ending the fighting in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, Egyptian President Mursi apparently decided to cash in his praise “chips” early… Continue reading
A critical moment has arrived for Egypt. But what does it mean?… Continue reading
Around 1985, current al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fled his homeland of Egypt, presumably never to return, he never forgot his original objective: transforming Egypt into an Islamist state that upholds and enforces the totality of Sharia law, and that works towards the resurrection of a global caliphate… Continue reading
In recent months, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made a string of highly controversial public statements which appear indicative of an authoritarian mindset… Continue reading
Revised and updated version of an interview Barry Rubin gave recently… Continue reading
Egypt’s population will be given two weeks to consider the Constitution, which has 236 articles, that will govern their lives for decades to come… Continue reading
The Turkish presumption to be a “model” for the Middle East will be undermined if the United States were to withdraw from the affairs of the region… Continue reading
What are the early warning signs of an Islamist totalitarian state… Continue reading
During the last decades, Kemalism, the modernization ideology of the Republic of Turkey, has been vehemently criticized… Continue reading
What’s been happening in Egypt this week is as important as the revolution that overthrew the old regime almost two years ago… Continue reading
Egypt’s President Morsi assumes sweeping powers, branded new pharaoh… Continue reading
If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall… Continue reading
The new war between Hamas and Israel has a lot of important lessons for international diplomacy and U.S. policy today… Continue reading
For four years now, I have been chronicling the disastrous policies of President Barack Obama on the Middle East. Something should be done about that. And today is the day to do it… Continue reading
We are not just talking here about theological differences but a battle between individual leaders, organizations, and states for power and primacy… Continue reading
It is obvious that the Syrian National Council was a Muslim Brotherhood front group, yet the Obama Administration backed it any way… Continue reading
The chickens have come back to roost and have roosted in the White House. And the vultures are gathering…. Continue reading
While “economic development” sounds like a great idea, in practice it isn’t so effective… Continue reading
Why are tens of thousands of Middle Eastern Muslims chanting about how much they love Usama bin Ladin and how much they hate Barack (Hussein) Obama… Continue reading
Focus is everything — knowing what the central problem is, and dealing with it… Continue reading
A short history of democracy in Egypt… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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