Trump’s America: Anti-Intellectual and Proud of It
Americans are dissatisfied, impatient with intellectual endeavors and blaming the government for woes, refusing to examine their own individual shortcomings.
The Turkish Love-Hate Relationship with America
Turks often expose degrees of confusion when asked about their foreign policy preferences.
The Opportunities and Risks of Trump’s Iran Initiative
By placing the nuclear deal in the context of Iran’s hostility and aggression, Trump made it self-evident that no US interest is served in continuing to give Iran a free pass.
Erdoğan Goes After Turkey’s Teacher ‘Terrorists’
Özakça and Gülmen should not be left to the mercy of a remorseless state apparatus. They must be lent every kind of international support.
Palestinian Reconciliation: To What End?
For some Middle East-watchers, the talks are a form of progress.
Israeli Arabs are Breaking Their Silence
Subject to threats and intimidation, a delegation of young Arabs is joining the battle against BDS, representing the silenced majority of Israeli Arabs which has become an integral part of Israel in almost every field. Thanks to them, the battle for equality, social justice and reconciliation between the nations have a better chance of succeeding.
Saving NATO from Turkey
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, faces an existential problem.
Radical Islamic Ideology – A Plague Against Humanity
Iran and its proxies not only menace Israel’s existence and portend regional upheaval, the “bomb” of Islamist ideology threatens the lives and freedoms of every sovereign nation in the world.
Turkey Plans Move to Box in Kurds in Northern Syria
The Turkish military this week scouted Syria’s Idlib province, in the north-west of the country, in preparation for a military operation in the province.
Trump and Obama’s Third Term
The problem is that substantively, there is no real difference between Obama and Trump, not in the Middle East and not anywhere.