Posted on Fri, January 13, 2012 at 01:11 am CET
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The Changing Objects of Fear: The Arrest of Ilker Basbug

In the early hours of January 6, General İlker Başbuğ, chief of the Turkish General Staff from 2008 to 2010, was arrested and imprisoned on allegations of “founding or directing an armed terrorist organization, inciting the overthrow of the government of the Turkish Republic or the prevention of it fulfilling its duties”… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, January 12, 2012 at 20:44 pm CET
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Friedman Cheers as Egyptians Are Enslaved

Many in the West have so acted toward Egypt during the last year… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sun, January 8, 2012 at 21:24 pm CET
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Such a “Great” Idea It Can Now Be Proclaimed But Not Criticized: Obama Supports the Muslim Brotherhood

The Obama Administration, as I’ve written for the last year, is favoring radical Islamist forces… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • The Media • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, January 8, 2012 at 20:05 pm CET
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Why Is an Anti-American Islamist Obama’s Favorite Middle East Leader?

For the first time in forty years, Israel is not the American president’s favorite Middle Eastern ally… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Politics • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, January 6, 2012 at 16:47 pm CET
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Hamas Chief: “Islamic Spring”; Brotherhood Chief: Caliphate Soon; Western Media: Islamists Moderate, Israel Bad

A 27-year-old American-Israeli law school student decides he’s going to go to Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Media Bias • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 21:47 pm CET
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Sunni versus Shia: The Middle East’s New Strategic Conflict

Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Iraq • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Lebanon • Libya War • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East 
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 Tue, December 27, 2011 at 18:41 pm CET
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Tunisia: There’s Still Hope for Democracy Because The Majority Doesn’t Want Islamism

Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Sun, December 25, 2011 at 22:53 pm CET
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Turkey’s 2012 Re-Adjustment to Post-“Zero Problems” in the Aftermath of the Arab Awakenings

Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a Middle Eastern power has been in the making for the last decade… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Diplomacy • Politics • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, December 23, 2011 at 08:37 am CET
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The “Arab Spring” and Its Impact on Israel

The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Israel • Libya • The Middle East • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, December 22, 2011 at 19:55 pm CET
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Has Erdogan Reached His “Democratic Limits”?

Internal and external dynamics no longer compel Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transcend his democratic limits… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Kurdish People • Politics • Sunni Islam • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, December 21, 2011 at 19:11 pm CET
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Turkey: Ankara’s “Economic Miracle” Collapses

Turkey’s high-flying economy will crash-land in 2012… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Turkey 
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 19:46 pm CET
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Who’s the Leading Authority in Defining Islam? Ayatollah Western Media

The Washington Post has an article by Michael Gerson attacking Newt Gingrich’s warning that the imposition of Sharia law… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, December 15, 2011 at 19:22 pm CET
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Sunni Realignments

Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Hamas • Palestine Papers • Qatar • Religion • Sunni Islam • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, December 14, 2011 at 19:18 pm CET
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My Critique of Two “Neo-Conservative” Presidents: Obama and Bush

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

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Iran • Iraq • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, December 13, 2011 at 20:47 pm CET
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Middle East: We’re Going to Have a Revolution and We Can Do it the Hard Way or the Easy Way

Do I have to draw you a picture of how Islamism is just pretending to be moderate… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Slavery in Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Jordan • Libya • Muslim Brotherhood • Qatar • Syria • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 15:22 pm CET
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How Is Obama’s Middle East Policy Endangering Israel?

Recently a reader sent me a note from an Obama supporter responding to… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, December 10, 2011 at 13:14 pm CET
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The ‘Angry Arab’ Goes Mad

As’ad AbuKahlil spoke last month at a day-long “teach-in” at the University of California… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Anti-Zionism • Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Multiculturalism • Religion 
Posted on Fri, December 9, 2011 at 22:34 pm CET
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Obama Gives a Preview of How He’ll Campaign on Foreign Policy

I think Obama genuinely believes what he’s saying… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Islamism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, December 9, 2011 at 00:03 am CET
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Obama Foreign Policy in A Brief: The President as Turkey

How can U.S. government officials believe such silly and wrong things about the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Politics • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, December 8, 2011 at 21:06 pm CET
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Jordan Is Palestinian

Thus far the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has weathered the storm that has swept across the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • History • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan 
Posted on Thu, December 8, 2011 at 19:46 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: The Right of Return: What it Means in Jordan

The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate… Continue reading

Topics: Jordan • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, December 7, 2011 at 20:38 pm CET
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Egypt: Forget Denial, The Totalitarians Won, Get Used to It

The Brotherhood will laugh last… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Politics • The Media