Migration Remains a Hot Topic in Turkey with New Regulations Imposed
The volume of posts circulating on social media that claim to show disorderly behavior by foreigners (mainly Syrian and Afghani refugees) has also increased.
How the Russia-Ukraine War Will Change Turkey-US Relations
It is important that President Erdoğan stated that Turkey can act as a mediator between Kyiv and Moscow, and that Ankara will fulfill its obligations as a NATO member in the Ukraine crisis.
Shireen Abu Akleh: Why Israeli Snipers Killed Prominent Aljazeera Journalist
Israeli accounts on social media claimed that Abu Akleh was killed by Palestinian fighters—a narrative reminiscent of the killing of Palestinian Muhammed Al-Durra, 11, in 2000, by the Israeli army, an incident that shook the world and was caught on camera by brave journalists such as Abu Akleh.
Why Is It So Hard to Reach a New Nuclear Deal with Iran?
After Biden took office in January 2021, the nuclear negotiation process with Iran did not start immediately and has been disrupted many times since then.
Can NATO Bypass the Security Complex Mentality?
Instruments of conflict will continue to be a challenge for NATO like proxies, private military companies, auxiliary force multipliers (social media and cyber “civilian” extensions), and hybrid operations other than traditional conventional and unconventional threats.
“I Kept Three Copies of My Novels Lest They Get Confiscated”: An Interview with Freed Palestinian Prisoner Esmat Mansour
After the Gilboa escape, we witnessed and are still witnessing an attack on the prisoners coupled by incitement by the Israeli media, members of the Knesset, and politicians against prisoners.
NYC Subway Mass Shooting Sparks Gun Control Debate
Some videos of James on social media show him criticizing racism and gun violence in the U.
Foreign Fighters Arrive in Scores to Fight in Ukraine
Ukraine published a QR code on social media for embassies to download a commitment form.
Despite Peace in the Gulf, Qatar and the UAE Still Compete
Both Qatar and the UAE use their financial and media powers to challenge each other’s narratives as the central stabilizer establishing regional order.
Comparing Russian Military Interventions in Syria and Ukraine Is Misguided
Unfortunately, biases and outright racist tropes propelled by western media outlets and politicians have resulted in far more humanizing coverage and discussions about the human suffering in Ukraine compared to Syria.
Rayan, the Moroccan 5-Year-Old, and the Unspoken Miseries of a Media Show
But without too much hesitation one can say that the fall of this child and the quick realization in "high places" in Rabat, the capital, that Morocco could benefit from it in the media, made it possible to exploit this episode for propaganda purposes.
Still Waters Run Deep: Germany’s Far-Right Extremism Problem
Until the murders were solved in 2011, the media had labeled them "kebab murders," adopting a xenophobic - if not specifically Turkophobic - stance.
Experts Weight on Turkey’s 70th Anniversary of Joining NATO
“Turkey expects more support from NATO and its allies for activities aimed at stabilizing the region and the world as a country at the core of the alliance’s geopolitical future,” Fahrettin Altun, the head of media and communications in the Turkish presidency, said during the opening of “Changing Dynamics and Longstanding Alliance: Stronger with Turkey for 70 Years” panel in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where he discussed his country's contributions to NATO missions and operations as well as relations with the pact.
Turkey-Saudi Normalization: A Larger Regional Bloc at the Door?
Revived Turkish-Saudi relations can make Riyadh a respected third-party mediator over the Muslim Brotherhood and Eastern Mediterranean issues before Egyptian and Turkish leaders meet.
“Godi Media” in Modi’s India: A War on Journalists?
The Indian government “must immediately halt its intensifying suppression of dissent,” said Amnesty International, following a series of counter-terrorism raids on human rights groups and human rights defenders and journalists in Jammu and Kashmir.
Revisiting Nusrat Ghani’s Islamophobia Claims
The language used by media outlets and politicians, notably during the "war on terror," has contributed to the normalization of this bigotry.
Permission to Narrate: How Israel Targets Its Native Palestinian Population
This Israeli campaign of isolating Palestinians has previously pushed Palestinians to take to social media under the hashtag #Mutawasiloun, expressing their right to be connected to each other.
Éric Zemmour: An Anti-Semitic Candidate For a Better Islamophobia in French Presidential Elections?
Read: Islamophobia Is Now a Source of Pride in FranceEric Zemmour announced and propagated this discourse and his racist comments by writing for mainstream media outlets like Le Quotidien de Paris and Le Figaro, along with appearing on prime-time shows on channels such as RTL and France 2.
CSTO Mission in Kazakhstan Will Have Implications for Central Asia
Tokayev’s opinion was immediately shared by leaders of both Belarus and Russia, where President Vladimir Putin classified events in Kazakhstan as “aggression of international terrorism.
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
o understand the changing structure of global intelligence, we must keep the following concepts and terminology in mind: technology-centered development, the increasing cyber espionage capacity of intelligence services, the developing relations between intelligence services and private intelligence companies, new-generation threats and risks that emerge with the rise of social media, open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection methods, and the concept of intelligence diplomacy.
