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Istanbul Provincial Chairman of Turkey's Ruling Party Was Monitored for Links to Terrorist Group

An influential political operative who was recently elected chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) provincial organization in Istanbul was under surveillance for his links to a terrorist group, confidential...

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Iran's Quandary on Nagorno-Karabakh

Tehran viewed the Russian-Turkish-brokered cease-fire of November 10, 2020, which ended the 45-day war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with very mixed feelings. On the face of it...

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China in the Middle East: "Silk Road" to the Levant

The 2013 launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China's 21st-century grand revival of the ancient Silk Road connecting the Far East and Europe, has transformed the Middle East's geopolitical role in Beijing's outlook from...

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China in the Middle East: Iran's "Belt and Road" Role

In a landmark visit to Tehran in January 2016, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani signed a "comprehensive strategic partnership" that expanded bilateral ties and trade to US$600 billion over ten...

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"Godless Saracens Threatening Destruction": Modern Christian Responses to Islam and Muslims

Following a millennium of almost uninterrupted hostility toward Islam and Muslims,[1] Christian hostility toward both declined. In a series of major shifts, European imperialism and secularism overcame the age-old fears of...

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Muslim Life in 2021, as Predicted in 1921

When Lothrop Stoddard (1883-1950) is still recalled, it is as a prominent racist who had a major but malign influence on the budding field of international relations, who acted as theoretician for the Ku Klux Klan, and who...

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Erdoğan's Turkey Cannot Modernize Via Constitutional Reform

Constitutions only matter in countries that have rule of law. From Burak Bekdil.

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Turkish Diplomats Continue to Spy on Critics in Germany, Greece and Switzerland, Secret Documents Reveal

Turkish diplomats continue to gather intelligence on critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Germany, Switzerland and Greece despite repeated warnings from the host countries that Turkey stop spying on their residents...

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Spotlight: A Return to Obama Policy on Israel?

The Biden administration's hiring decisions and early public pledges (to refund UNRWA, reopen the Palestinian Authority mission in Washington, "pause" the sale of F-35s to the United Arab Emirates, etc.) suggest that a revival of Obama-era U.S. policy concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the offing. For a refresher course on what that will likely mean, see the selections at right.

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What is Obama's End Game on Israel?
by Gregg Roman (Dec 31, 2016)
John Kerry is Dead Wrong about Israeli Settlements
by Gregg Roman (Dec 28, 2016)
Obama and the UN's Outrageous Assault on Israel's Legitimacy
by Rafael Bardaji & Richard Kemp (Dec 26, 2016)
Obama and the Daylight between US and Israel
by Benjamin Weinthal & Asaf Romirowsky (Mar 18, 2016)
The Obama Administration's Soft Boycott of Israel
by Asaf Romirowsky & Benjamin Weinthal (Feb 16, 2016)
Could Obama Swing the Israeli Election?
by Steven J. Rosen (Jan 3, 2015)
Obama Turns on Israel
by Daniel Pipes (Nov 8, 2013)
Explaining Obama's Fixation with Israel
by Daniel Pipes (Mar 19, 2013)

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