“Biggest Honor of My Life”, Says Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s First Minister
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned new First Minister Humza Yousaf about plans for a second Scottish independence referendum.
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French “Enlightenment Islam” and State Authoritarianism
Today’s France instead of creating a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, a model of integration, it replicates the former attitude towards…
Malaysia and Turkey: Old Friends, New Allies?
Turkey views Malaysia as its gateway to Southeast and East Asia, and likewise Malaysia sees Turkey as its doorway into…
The Insurrection and Its Discontents: American Exceptionalism Revisited
Surely, the storming of the U.S. Congress will have global repercussions, not least among them the collective rejection of the…
GCC Breakthrough Faces Risk of Relapse as Underlying Tensions Remain
Even if competition is more than likely to continue, reconciliation between Qatar and the Saudi bloc can incentivize the parties…
Capitol Hill Attack Is the Logical Endgame of Trumpism
Unaccountability breeds impudence. It is an urgent moral necessity to hold accountable all those who incited the coup attempt through…
Macron’s “Islamist Separatism” Discourse Is An Islamophobic Hysteria
The fight against the so called “Muslim Separatism” in France reveals a lot about France’s own history and view of…
Political Assassinations: From the Assassins to Modern Politics
What is most worrisome about political assassinations today is that just like the assassination of Ferdinand in 1914 was the…
“We Are Scared of Our Own Shadow”: An Interview with Raphael Liogier on Islamo-Paranoia in France
First thing we should do is to stop talking all the time about Islam. Because when we talk about Islam,…
French Youth and the Far-Right: When Will the Culture War Begin?
What is happening in Europe today with the rise of right-wing parties is a generational change that reflects a shift…
Morocco Lost One of Its “Sacred” Causes with the Israel Normalization
Until Donald Trump announced the US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for the restoration of diplomatic…
Search of Turkish Ship on the High Seas Was Illegal
The command council of Operation Irini is dominated by France and Greece, both in a serious conflict recently with Turkey…
Should We Care About the New Variant of COVID-19?
We need to realize that new and deadlier variants of the Coronavirus are possible and they can possibly resist the…
People of Color and Politics in the West: A New Trend?
Greater involvement of people of color and immigrant background in political life, of becoming active actors and policymakers will have…
French McCarthyism Targets Muslims in the Name of Republican Values
France witnessed a creeping cultural campaign in the shadow of security concerns that holds back any kind of criticism. It…
Can Muslims Reclaim a Unified Political Bloc on the International Stage?
A new Muslim community should be a counterforce to the exclusionary trends of today’s world, protecting Muslims worldwide, advancing their…
What Drives Pakistan on the Recognition of Israel: The Arab Gulf, India, or the Pakistanis?
Imran Khan’s contention that he did not ever have a “second thought” on the question of recognizing Israel until a…
Piracy and the Global Military Presence in the Gulf of Aden
International actors establish military bases in the Gulf of Aden for two reasons: first, the presence of oil and region’s…
The Andean Condor Proudly Flies While the US Intervenes in Latin America
Latin Americans wonder if someday a free mighty Andean condor, not the American eagle disguised as one, will cast its…
