Challenging the African Migration Narrative
Often, Africa is negatively represented as a continent of mass migration to Europe, lacking nuance and depth to the existing drivers and patterns.
The Gulf of Guinea: A New Strain of Piracy
It’s an important maritime route for commercial shipping lines from Europe and America to West, Central, and Southern Africa.
ICC Probe in Palestine Brings Some Hope to the Palestinians at Last
Despite these undisputed facts, the UN’s great idea was to split the country and create two states, with Palestinians asked to give over half of the land to Zionist settlers who had recently arrived from Europe.
Early Elections: Where Is Kosovo Heading?
As a direct impact of this flagrant mismanagement, Kosovo, having the youngest population in Europe, suffers one of the heaviest demographic hemorrhages in the region with Kosovars leaving their country in search of a better life in Europe and across the Atlantic.
South Africa: The Challenges of Liberation
While many rich children attend fancy schools that resemble those in rich European countries, children in some rural areas are still taught under trees; while sick rich people get private healthcare, patients in overcrowded public hospitals often sleep on floors.
Why Did the United States Add Israel to CENTCOM?
Israel until now was part of US military’s European command, EUCOM.
Mutawasiloun: Palestinians Resist Israeli Attempts to Encage Them
The only solution was to hold the celebration in Istanbul, and just like the city connects Asia with Europe, it connected, even for a short while, Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Israel.
Gulf Regional Rift Mended but Will It Extend to Turkey?
is less interested in providing security to the GCC and the Middle East, and that certain fragile European powers have also lost the appetite to indulge in conflicts in the foreign lands of the Middle East.
Genocide as a Label of Choice: Why Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others
By now, the rational of this bias is widely explained by the following: first, that the Great White-Northern Powers had and have ongoing connections, in terms of family, religion, culture, or otherwise, to the genocide that took place between 1939-1945—it was after all a genocide committed by Europeans on Europeans in Europe.
The Arrest of Alexey Navalny: Who in Russia Is Afraid of the Kremlin Critic?
Alexei Navalny can pose a serious threat not to Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings are still high, but to certain…
Will Latin America Turn into Another Domain of Right-Wing Politics?
” As the United States’ empire faces increasing challenges as a dominant superpower as a result of the rise of China, Russia, and smaller regional powers in Asia, Africa, and Europe that are stepping up their influence worldwide, Latin America seems to be turning into an “Alamo” of U.
Malaysia and Turkey: Old Friends, New Allies?
In terms of trade and investment, Turkey views Malaysia as its gateway to Southeast and East Asia, and likewise Malaysia sees Turkey as its doorway into the West Asian and European regions.
The Insurrection and Its Discontents: American Exceptionalism Revisited
According to that maxim, the world was divided into categories, of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’, ‘with us’ or ‘against us’, ‘Old Europe’ and ‘New Europe”, and so on.
Political Assassinations: From the Assassins to Modern Politics
What made the assassination of Ferdinand exceptional was the spillover affect it created, extending beyond the boundaries of the Balkans and impacting all of Europe.
“We Are Scared of Our Own Shadow”: An Interview with Raphael Liogier on Islamo-Paranoia in France
slamophobia is on the rise everywhere in Europe, and politicians increasingly play with Islamophobic sentiments for political gains.
French Youth and the Far-Right: When Will the Culture War Begin?
A new generation of far-right in France?
The political inclination towards the far right is traceable throughout Europe, and France is no exception.
Overcrowded and Under Siege: Worrying Pandemic Scenarios in Gaza
Two hospitals have been allocated to treat COVID-19 patients, Gaza’s European Hospital and the Turkish Friendship Hospital.
Morocco Lost One of Its “Sacred” Causes with the Israel Normalization
However, if it is really moderate, it is only so in its relations with the European Union and the United States of America.
Sour Candy in the Mouth: US-Turkey Relations
Meanwhile other political blocks emerged such as the European Union, whose overall strategy was to have Turkey waiting at the doors of the union with the centuries-old slogan “Turkey is ‘in’ Europe, but not ‘of’ Europe.
Regeni Murder: A Story of Double Standards and Official Hypocrisy
For example, when French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed France’s highest honor, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in early December, two prominent Italian figures, Giovanna Melandri, a former culture minister, and Corrado Augias, a journalist and former member of the European parliament - announced they were returning their French medals in protest, citing Regeni’s brutal death and Egypt’s indifference.
