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Indonesia: Nahdhlatul Ulama’s Dual Identity on The Global Stage

World
Read: Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake IndonesiaUnlike Muslims in European countries and partly in the Middle East, where the debate and discourse on fiqh has been highly dynamic and has moved from the era of toxic nationalism to the era of equality for all, Indonesia is still fairly divided along class and interest group lines, where the discourse on these issues remains vulnerable to politicization by middle and upper class bureaucrats, professionals and politicians.

Greece after the General Elections

Opinion
Read: Turkey and Greece: Exploratory Talks under the Shadow of Third Parties A rapid privatization drive During this period, the party stepped back from its radical rhetoric, concluded a debt restructuring agreement with the EU, and failed to implement its own program on economic policies, civilianization, secularism, and human rights.

The Systemic Reinforcement of Islamophobia: Five Recent Book Releases

Book Bundle
Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez, The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, race, and Islam (Manchester University Press 2022) ISBN: 978-1-5261-6175-8, 264 pagesRead: EU Court Refuses to Address Discrimination against MuslimsIslamophobia in France: The Construction of the "Muslim Problem" presents a groundbreaking examination of the multifaceted nature of Islamophobia in the country.

How to Navigate Turkish-Swedish Relations and Counterterrorism Shifts

Security
The media was ablaze with theories, circulating in well-established journals and newspapers, attempting to decipher why Turkey was impeding Swedish and Finnish accession: Was Erdoğan maneuvering to gain leverage in the F-35 and F-16 negotiations with the Biden administration? Was Turkey seeking to regain political prominence, or was there a complex plot aimed at assisting Vladimir Putin in managing a crisis?Read: The EU and the PKK: Hypocrisy and Double-Standards at LargeIt is likely that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden’s reference to the PKK does not solely pertain to the public demonstrations occasionally held by the organization and its supporters in Sweden.

Financing the post-Earthquake Recovery in Turkey

Turkey
In particular, the longer-term international financing possibilities offered by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could prove very helpful in the future.

Germany Unveils First National Security Strategy: Migration, Energy, and Stability

Security
On June 14, the German government announced that it broke away from the policy of "change through trade" on which German chancellors counted for years, especially Gerhard Schroeder, Angela Merkel, and Willy Brandt, to deal with countries with authoritarian regimes, to bring about change, but especially to enable industrial Germany to build up its strength as Europe's largest economy (despite having one of the largest U.