Biden Won’t Treat Saudi Arabia Like a “Pariah”
Even if the White House does not see turning Saudi Arabia into a “pariah” as a viable option, more lawmakers…
Biden Administration
‘America is back’; So What? On Why the United States is Losing the World
With no actual ‘forward’ strategy, the United States, for the first time since the inception of NATO, has no decipherable…
Will the Biden Administration Continue Trump’s Abraham Accords Legacy?
The Trump administration’s tenure is over, yet there has been no diplomatic effort to relegate its legacy to the past.
What’s behind Joe Biden’s “Armenian Genocide” Statement?
How the Armenian lobby in the U.S. helped push the Biden administration to recognize the events of 1915 in Anatolia…
Where Does Libya Fit in Biden’s Foreign Policy Priorities?
The decades old U.S.-led regional security architecture is no longer sustainable. The Biden administration is now eager to cultivate new…
What Will the Biden Administration’s Syria Policy Look Like?
A minor change can be witnessed by the Biden administration due to increased sanctions on Damascus.
The Ethnically Diverse Biden Administration Makes White Supremacists Angry
To overhaul the Trump legacy, President Biden pledged to make his cabinet one of the most diverse in the country’s…
The American Injustice Industry: Why Shutting Down Guantánamo is Not Enough
While offering the world’s most miserable detention conditions, Guantánamo also offers career opportunities, high military perks and honors, and a…
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.
