Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes; Insists They are Moderate

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 21:47 pm CET
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Turkey: in between Political Islam and the Military

This paper analyses the impact of domestic dynamics on its relations with Israel during the current AKP government and the RP led government in the 1990s… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Florian Druckenthaner • Islamism • Israel • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 01:54 am CET
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The Unmasking of Namik Tan

It is truly amazing that the Turkish government would send to Washington in 2010 an Ambassador who had opposed Erdogan’s Islamist party… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Turkey • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 01:38 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Israeli Ambassador Traces His Problems to Erdogan

Erdogan simply hates Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Fundamentalism • Israel • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 00:59 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Turkish-Israeli Relations Continue to Sour

Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Security and Defense • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, November 4, 2011 at 16:45 pm CET
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Hizballah Leader Nasrallah: we can fight Israel without aid from Iran or Syria

Nasrallah assured Hizballah troops they are capable of fighting Israel without Iranian or Syrian help… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Lebanon • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, November 4, 2011 at 00:27 am CET
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Turkey’s Anti-PKK Operation Faces Major Obstacles

The Turkish government has now responded with one of its largest counterinsurgency operations in years… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, November 2, 2011 at 01:48 am CET
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King Abdallah of Jordan on How No One Trusts Obama’s Government

I think there is going to be less coordination with the West and therefore a chance of more misunderstandings… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • Jordan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, November 1, 2011 at 02:15 am CET
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“Moderate Islamism?” Does It Exist?

A new term is foisted on us without serious debate or proof and we are supposed to rejoice at the triumphs of those now called “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism 
Posted on Sat, October 29, 2011 at 15:01 pm CEST
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Out of Tune in Tunisia: What’s Really Going on There and Throughout the Arab World

What is the current political situation in Tunisia? Simple… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Communism • Islamism • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, October 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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Qatar’s Sunni Side

How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Libya War • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, October 26, 2011 at 01:26 am CEST
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Welcome to the Islamist Middle East and It’s Not Going to be Moderate

The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamism • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, October 16, 2011 at 23:47 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Foreign Policy “Revolution”: Assuming a “NeoConservative” Mission in the Middle East?

The Arab spring has catapulted democracy and human rights to the top of Turkey’s stated foreign policy priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Iran • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, October 15, 2011 at 23:22 pm CEST
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Turkey’s New Constitution: a Last Chance to Solve the Kurdish Issue?

There has long been a broad consensus that Turkey’s current constitution needs to be replaced… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, October 11, 2011 at 19:56 pm CEST
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Cyprus on the World Stage

Cyprus, an island near Turkey and Syria of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Energy • Israel • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, October 5, 2011 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s North African Tour: Turkey’s Regional Aspirations and Western Interests

The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Jasmine Revolution • Libya • Libya War • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, October 4, 2011 at 21:01 pm CEST
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Assad threatens to destroy Tel Aviv if attacked by Turkey or NATO

War tensions between Turkey, NATO and Syria shot up again with the announcement from Ankara that… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • NATO • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, October 4, 2011 at 20:13 pm CEST
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Here Come the Arab Elections!

Imagine when parties are negotiating over the Constitution and the election rules… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Syria • Tunisia 
Posted on Sun, October 2, 2011 at 00:41 am CEST
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The Secret MIT-PKK Talks: Was a Turkish-Kurdish Peace Accord Ever Close?

The effort to explore a peaceful solution was doomed because ultimately the ruling AKP has not disengaged from Turkish state tradition… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, October 1, 2011 at 17:36 pm CEST
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The ‘Unsustainable Status Quo’ Status Quo is Unsustainable

Many people are obviously and understandably frustrated that Israel is so badly treated by the Mug-gers complex in much of the Western world… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Peace Process 
Posted on Mon, September 26, 2011 at 00:07 am CEST
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Iran: Turkey criticized over its decision to deploy anti-missile radar in Turkish territory

Turkey came under increasing criticism from Iran this week over its decision to sign an agreement allowing the United States to deploy… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • NATO • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 20:54 pm CEST
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President Sargsyan Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Turkey has in all ways possible aborted the ratification and implementation of the protocols we initialed in 2009… Continue reading

Topics: Armenia • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 14:43 pm CEST
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FM Zalmai Rassoul Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

We Afghans are proud to have partnered, over the past ten years, with the world’s struggle against terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • United Nations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 11:48 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Turkish FM Davutoglu: “Yes, We are the New Ottomans”

Turkey is aspiring to broaden its horizons to include not just Europe but the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia in its strategic… Continue reading

Topics: Neo-Ottomanism • The Middle East • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, September 23, 2011 at 16:47 pm CEST
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President Christofias Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Cyprus still suffers from the occupation of a large part of its territory by the military forces of Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • United Nations