Six Stories from Anatolia to Europe: Facing History and Ourselves
Today, sixty years on, individuals with Turkish roots form one of the largest minority groups in EU countries. Politics Today…
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The EU and the PKK: Hypocrisy and Double-Standards at Large
Europe needs to address its wrongdoings in combatting terrorism. Otherwise, the PKK terror may continue to take the lives of…
EU Court Refuses to Address Discrimination against Muslims
The Court clarified that EU law does not impose uniform standards: member states can maintain rules that are more favorable…
Denmark Is a Wonderland Except for Refugees
Danish Social Democrats are adopting a far-right immigration agenda. Syrian refugees in Denmark are facing a possible threat of deportation…
European Foreign Fighters and Their Children Are in Limbo
Will Europe bring the children of its Daesh members back home?
EU Criminalizes Human Rights Defenders Helping Migrants at Sea
Is it a crime to rescue migrants sea? In the EU, it is increasingly so.
Can NATO Still Fulfill Its Purpose After 70 Years?
As NATO leaders gather in London, this Summit will raise difficult questions about the future of the organization and the…
European Neo-Nazis have Missiles. What’s Next?
The discovery of missiles and a large stock of weapons in the hands of neo-Nazis have to ring warning bells…
The End of the Liberal World?
History has not come to an end. The self-appointed enforcers of the existing order have triggered a chain of unintended…
A Muslim Chancellor in Germany?
In response to Ralph Brinkhaus’ statements on the possibility of having a German Muslim Chancellor, Germany’s Bild stated: “A Muslim as CDU…
YPG’s Foreign Fighters: Volunteers or Terrorists?
Western governments should take the issue of FTF returnees of the YPG seriously at least for the sake of their…
Do Historical Analogies Make Sense to Understand the Yellow Vest Movement in France?
Despite all these comparisons, it is commonly believed that the Yellow Vests constitute an unprecedented phenomenon. And currently, Macron’s power…
Soylu: Almost 300,000 Syrians returned to their homes after Turkey’s operations
Speaking at the 2nd coordination meeting for the Combat Against Irregular Migration in Edirne during the weekend, Turkey’s Minister of…
Decolonizing African Art: Colonial Heritage and European Museums’ Gordian Knot
The looting and subsequent disappearance of artistic treasures from the African continent had two detrimental outcomes: the loss of national…
Lack of Sensitivity against Discrimination in Germany: The Gedeon Affair
Subsequent to some warning words by the President, Gedeon attacked the President by stating “she could lead a parliament that…
Yellow Vests and Little Red Riding Hood
Having come to Brussels for a conference organized by far-right groups in a way reminiscent of the wolf disguised as…
Seven Challenges for New CDU Leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer needs to clarify her relations with Angela Merkel. Even though she underscores her own career path by pointing…
Populism: The New Wave of “Magic” in Europe?
The country that elected Macron for a revolution is now pushing him to the edge for another revolution.
Yellow Vest Protests and the Constraints of Modern Democracy
The yellow vests uprising is not an identity movement. This very aspect is the actual threat posed against the state since…
What does the French Democracy Crisis Indicate?
Macron represents himself as the voice of the liberals against authoritarian nationalists for the 2019 European Parliament elections. However, the…
The End of History or the End of Democracy in Austria?
Departing from the Japanese-American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s contention in his “The End of History” thesis that liberal democracy is…
Germany: From the Refugee Problem to the Crisis of the Liberal Democratic System
The current crisis in Germany is a representation of what is also happening in other European countries governed by liberal…
