Is Turkey’s foreign policy axis shifting toward Eurasia?
SADIK ÜNAY @sadikunay Should we interpret the recent rapprochement between Ankara and Moscow or Tehran and Baghdad as a sign of Turkey’s strategic axis shift toward Eurasia? Certainly not […]
‘Too important to be alienated’
Oct 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Over recent years, many Iranians in the big cities confided quietly to the opinion pollsters that they feel an empathy with the West. It was not reciprocated. Frankly, most people in the West have no in-depth opinion about Iran. If they think […]
Fewer migrants entitled to join family in Germany – study
Reuters International This content was published on October 19, 2017 1:25 PMOct 19, 2017 – 13:25 Leaders of the German Green Party Anton Hofreiter, Michael Kellner and Katrin Goering-Eckardt together with leaders of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Christian Lindner and Wolfgang Kubicki are seen on the balcony of […]
Why referendums – like with Brexit, Kurdistan and Catalonia – are always doomed to fail
Referendums make public opinion easy to manipulate because what voters are being asked to assent to is most often wishful thinking and what they are opposing is a rag-bag of unrelated grievances Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Friday 6 October 2017 Brexit, Krexit and Crexit: Britain leaves the EU, Kurdistan declares independence […]
In election battle, eastern Germany’s first black MP fights hate
AFP news@thelocal.de 17 September 2017 Senegalese-born German MP Karamba Diaby puts up a campaign poster in Halle. PHOTO: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP He has been beaten up, received death threats […]
‘Peace for all or peace for none’
. Aug 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Middle East is a region that has been deprived of peace for no less than a full decade. All efforts, by the UN, superpowers, regional actors and mediators over the years to resolve causes of instability have failed. Actually, the […]
Surviving America’s political meltdown
Aug 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – The US is in the midst of a political meltdown, unable to manage a domestic economic agenda or a coherent foreign policy. The White House is in turmoil; Congress is paralysed; and the world is looking on in astonishment and dread. If we are […]
MIGRANT CHALLENGES: Switzerland prepares for a wave of migration
By Luigi Jorio JUL 3, 2017 – 10:39 In the first six months of this year, 85,000 refugees from North Africa arrived in Italy.(Keystone) Switzerland is strengthening the police […]
Politics divides societies – not religion, sect or tribes
Source: Khalij Times By Amira Agarib / Dubai Coexistence can’t be achieved without respecting the values, cultures and norms of others, Dr Rashid Al Khayoun says It’s politics that divides […]
Netanyahu is breaking the truth
There is an obsessiveness in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and his political associates’ relentless campaign against human rights organizations in Israel. In their preoccupation with these organizations they are ready to compromise the country’s democratic values and its standing in the world. This week his campaign against the human […]
Erdogan says Turkey won’t wait at Europe’s door forever
Reuters International APR 25, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (reuters_tickers) By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not wait at Europe’s door forever and is ready to […]
‘WITH SYRIA IN PIECES, IT’S TIME TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S ANNEXATION OF THE GOLAN’
Source: Jerusalem Post BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 20, 2017 Deputy minister for diplomacy Michael Oren stresses that Israel sought peace before the 1967 Six Day War. IDF tanks are seen […]
‘Others’ in Europe and their influence on elections
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Muslim populations in Europe have become one of the most important variables in elections in the European Union in some time. Right-wing and extreme-right politicians have developed three main attitudes toward them: “Muslims should go,” “if they stay, they shouldn’t act like Muslims” and “no more Muslims should […]
Donald Trump’s first 100 days: The madder he gets, the more seriously the world takes him
Now the ‘flexible’ and ‘pragmatic’ US President is sending a naval battle group to threaten North Korea Robert Fisk @indyvoices The more dangerous America’s crackpot President becomes, the saner the world believes him to be. Just look back at the initial half of his first 100 days: the crazed tweeting, the lies, the fantasies and self-regard […]
French Muslim party to run in parliamentary elections
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Anadolu Agency Photo The Turkish-Muslim Equality and Justice Party (PEJ), which mainly consists of young immigrants, will participate in France’s June parliamentary elections. The party was founded in January 2015, however some of its members had previously run in Municipal elections as independents. The […]
Turkey’s President Erdogan claims victory in vote to give him sweeping new powers – but opposition cries foul
Eighteen constitutional changes would replace Turkey’s parliamentary system of government with a presidential one, abolishing the office of the prime minister Harriet Agerholm, Chris Stevenson @HarrietAgerholm Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in a referendum granting him sweeping new powers, hailing the result as an “historic decision”. The leader […]
Blind loyalty to Trump is a special relationship Britain can’t afford
by Emily Thornberry, The Guardian UK foreign policy should be based on human rights and international law. That means putting some distance between us and an unpredictable White House ‘We should […]
Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD scolds Bayern star Lahm for tackling politics
Reuters International APR 3, 2017 – www.swissinfo.ch Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm speaks during a news conference at the team’s hotel ahead of their Champions League group F soccer match against Olympiacos in Athens, Greece, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – The anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
As ideologies shift in Europe
Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The world is facing several crises today. In the Middle East, so far, there is a security crisis; other countries around the world are facing a serious ideological threat. Europe’s problems are, in part, related to external factors such as refugees, but […]
The interrogation of Saddam Hussein and U.S. policy in Iraq
PAST EVENT BROOKINGS INSTITUTION LISTEN TO AUDIODownload the Audio Download the Transcript More Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017 Brookings Institution Saul/Zilkha Rooms 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20036 […]