August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan
A unique perspective from one of the few Western journalists who chose to remain in Kabul as the city fell.
Afghanistan
How Long Will the Taliban Government Last?
The Taliban systematically work to produce version three and four of the regime by building hundreds of religious schools across…
The Booming Opium Economy: Will Banning Work This Time?
The opium economy is a booming endeavor that is used to fund warlordism, state power, and narcoterrorism.
A Year On, The Taliban Still Seek International Recognition
Almost a year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, many governments still tie their recognition of the Taliban to its…
Afghanistan Bans Opium Cultivation amid Economic Breakdown
Despite the earlier ban, the Taliban had partially funded the opium trade that generated revenue of around $460 million in…
Can the Taliban Deal with their Handicaps?
The narrative of a Taliban 2.0 dominated western circles, but for most Afghans, skepticism was always there.
An Insider Perspective on the Afghanistan Peace Talks
In five months of consecutive talks, the Taliban and the Afghan government were not able to move forward with solving…
How the Cross-Border Tribes Living between Afghanistan and Pakistan Impact Regional Politics
People in the tribal belt of Afghanistan and Pakistan still define their land as a “terrain of resistance” and insist…
Peace Talks and Afghanistan’s Future: Three Scenarios
The U.S. and Afghan governments have no plan B at the moment, only the Taliban have a plan A and…
The Afghan Factor in Biden’s Iran Foreign Policy
It might be surprising to many, but Iran can influence the U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan.
From Afghanistan to Palestine: ICC Tackles Politically Charged Cases
Officials who stay on the right side of the law have nothing to fear from the International Criminal Court.
Why Is Violence Back to the Streets of Afghanistan?
The spike of violence in Afghanistan will spillover to the region, and a hasty NATO withdrawal will let the country…
DAESH: Documenting a Modern Heresy, Interview with Belkıs Kılıçkaya
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed Belkıs Kılıçkaya, a distinguished Turkish journalist, about DAESH, on which she made a three-part documentary for a TV…
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
