Qatar-Gulf Rift: Can Riyadh Be Triumphant?

The attempt to politically ostracise the tiny emirate is more likely to isolate Riyadh than to bring Qatar to its knees.

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Qatar-Gulf Rift Can Riyadh Be Triumphant
EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement Too Big to Fail

EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement: Too Big to Fail

The analysis outlines the process through which the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan (JAP) on refugees came into being and examines the impact of the agreement, including its challenges and successes.

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Foreseeing the crisis of the Western world order, Turkey, at the demand of its people, is leaving the westernization policies as its official policy

This is the second edition of the annual European Islamophobia Report (EIR) which was presented for the first time in 2015.

The U.K.'s Brexit episode set a useful precedent for Turkey's future mode of engagement with Europe

Infographic of the Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders' hate speech

The Specter of Turkey and the Future of Europe

The mistreatment of Kaya and peaceful Turkish protesters by the Dutch police cannot be reduced to a pragmatic polarization between the two countries.

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The Specter of Turkey and the Future of Europe
Is Islamophobia the New Antisemitism

Is Islamophobia the New Antisemitism?

This analysis examines the relationship between two forms of hatred, Islamophobia and antisemitism.

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The risk of giving verbal assurances without a plan to prevent possible threats to Turkey in the future is a hard proposal to accept.

In order to become a key player in the Middle East again, Washington needs to repair its damaged relations with Ankara

When considering the Russian state as European and Western, the world may face a renewed global confrontation between different Western/European power blocs

Since the reversal of recent popular revolutions in the Arab world and the loss of political stability in the wake of several failed states, foreign meddling and proxy wars created a vicious circle whereby radicalism fed instability and instability fed deeper radicalism.

The latest political news show that the biggest problem in the West is the increasing trend of populism rather than racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia

A potential disengagement over the fate of the refugee deal could create additional problems for Ankara and Brussels alike. Moving forward, European leaders have to stop bashing Turkey and cease their support for terrorist groups targeting Turkish citizens

Last week, Tokyo's hosting a convention to discuss the Islamophobia danger is a promising development for a better world

A quick look at the West's treatment of Turkey over the past decade reveals that Mr. Erdoğan's disappointment isn't some emotional reaction but a structural transformation already underway

If the Trump administration wants to normalize the U.S.'s relations with Turkey, it has to focus on taking steps to end the lack of 'trust' between the two countries

How did the media in a number of Western European countries cover the military coup attempt of July 15 and the terrorist attacks in France? What is the role of Islamophobia and Orientalism in the Western media coverage of the military coup attempt in Turkey?

A point that has become very clear after July 15 draws my attention, as the anti-Turkey campaign have already ceased to be run by AK Party opponents in Germany and Austria.

The EIR documents and analyzes trends in the spread of Islamophobia in various European nation states. Every year on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), EIR will be published.

Anti-Muslim racism is spreading and becoming a tool of antagonist politics, sensational journalism and religious exclusivism across Europe, shows the latest European Islamophobia Report