Imams in Politics: Secularism vs. Religion in Mali and Senegal
The Senegalese marabouts have guided the country in turbulent times: many of them played a neutral role in the 2012 presidential election.
Dictatorship Legacy and Neoliberal Profit Are the Common Grounds for Brazil and Chile
Maintaining the status quo enforced through dictatorship violence has become a key feature of both right wing governments in Brazil…
South Korea in the Middle East: More Than Usual Business
One reason behind Korean culture’s quick penetration in the region is the overlapping cultural sensitivities related to social and moral values such as the place of family in the narratives and the lack of nudity – nudity is more common in European and North American productions.
Brett McGurk: The Epitome of the Democrats’ Middle East Policy
and the European Union.
Supported by the US, Ukraine is Once Again Dreaming of NATO
Since the Euromaidan public protests, Ukraine has been declaring its wish to join NATO and become an active member of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Hostile Brothers: The Strained Morocco-Algeria Relations Only Serve to Destabilize North Africa
and European parties, and Algeria from the Russians.
The Illusion of a Palestinian Kingmaker in Israel
The President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, had given the official mandate to form a government to Netanyahu’s challenger, former IDF Chief Benny Gantz.
The Amazighs in North Africa: Politics, Society, and Culture
Starting from the colonial era in North Africa, the Amazighs like their African neighbors, lost territory and power to the Europeans, mainly to Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain.
Separation in the Age of Remote and Robotic War
Of course, these classifications are not ontologically, ethically, or legally neutral.
Orthodoxy and Russian Foreign Policy: A Story of Rise and Fall
Petersburg of the State Museum of the History of Religion by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Pushing the Liberalist Agenda to its Limits: The Problem of Labels
These labels do not manifest the ‘Who am I?’, but instead emphasize ‘What am I sensitive about?’ (Interestingly, and quite tellingly, as an indication of how labels are also relative, in Western and Central Europe this aspect of the liberalist agenda that exalts the individual is embraced by right-wing economic liberals and heavily criticized by left-wing radicals, whereas in the US it is resonant with what is seen as the progressive left.
Where Does Libya Fit in Biden’s Foreign Policy Priorities?
The conflict in Libya will constitute a significant policy priority in the Transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe.
Can Arms Bring Turkey and Saudi Arabia Together?
As the turmoil in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden disturbed international maritime trade, Middle East destinations such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait sought more expensive European and U.
India is Lobbying to Put Pakistan on FATF’s Black-list: Will it Succeed?
But in recent years, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party took power, the two countries have been constantly feuding on many fronts.
Why Are Some Countries Dragging Their Heels over Ratifying the Istanbul Convention?
he Istanbul Convention (IC) is a convention by the Council of Europe on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
The Syrian Conflict 10 Years On: Who is in Control and What are the Possible Scenarios?
In addition to million of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the neighboring countries and Europe, while the destruction of the infrastructure and the depletion of the economy reaches a new level recently.
Israelis Might Go to Polls for the 5th Time in Two Years
Deutsche Welle correspondent Tania Krämer noted that Netanyahu faces an uphill battle to forming a coalition.
China-Iran Treaty: Hydrocarbons Bring the Old Friends Closer
This multi-billion-dollar series of infrastructural project straddling Eurasia and facilitating connectivity between China and inner Asia, West Asia and continental Europe, is directly dependent on the compliance and partnership of geopolitically linchpin countries such as Iran whose territories and infrastructure will create the pathways between China and Europe.
The ICC vs. Israel: Three Main Scenarios
For example, Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, was on an official visit to Germany where he, on March 18, met with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, thanking him on behalf of Israel for opposing the ICC’s investigation of Israeli officials.
Hindutva Ideology: India’s Gradual Move Towards Genocide
To that end, it shouldn’t be forgotten that BJP draws its ideological DNA from India’s largest Hindutva organization - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – whose founders drew its inspiration from European fascists, including the Nazis, in the 1930s, and thus partly explaining the recent Nazification of laws in several BJP ruled states, including legislation banning Hindu women from marrying Muslim men.
