After US Elections, Focus Should Turn To What Went Wrong

The race for the presidency in 2016 once more demonstrates this global dimension and the possible impacts of this election on the U.S.'s image and credibility. Since the beginning of the campaign, the world has closely watched the statements of presidential candidates in the primaries

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After US Elections Focus Should Turn To What Went Wrong
Did UK end EU

Did UK end EU?

European leaders will either choose isolationism based on Turkey fears or re-invent Europe as a multi-cultural home. Unfortunately, the first scenario seems much more likely

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The British experience about the separation may generate a model for other Eurosceptics across the continent

Cameron's bold political gamble has backfired terribly with a 52 percent 'leave' vote, which will probably cost him his political career

Just like Britain's decision to withdraw from the European Union, Turkey's policies must reflect national interests

While conducting their campaigns, U.S. presidential candidates should not ignore that the upcoming elections in the world superpower has a global effect

Germany and Turkey: Two Interdependent States

There refugee crisis and the citizens with Turkish origin living in Germany are two decisive elements in the German-Turkish relation and as well remind us of the interdependence between these two states.

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Germany and Turkey Two Interdependent States
If Japan Is Back It Has To Do More

If Japan Is Back, It Has To Do More

If the Japanese government is determined to become more visible in global politics, it should make the most of opportunities such as the Syrian crisis to take the first step in convincing the international community

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The national reports in the EIR look at significant incidents and developments in each country during the period under review.

A recent report by SETA puts forth a detailed profile of steeply rising Islamophobic incidents in 25 European countries as terrorism and Islamophobia trigger each other

The overdue EU attempt to find a solution to the Syrian civil war and its resulting crises, aided by Ankara, is an opportunity for European values to end the ambiguity of its stance

The EU's 3 billion euros of aid to Ankara for Syrian refugees in Turkey is criticized by experts who say that the amount is not even sufficient for covering the education needs of the refugees, let alone their other needs

It is well-known that the YPG is tactically used by the PKK as an integral part of its irregular warfare strategy both in terms of man power band military equipment in the fight against the Turkish Armed Forces in eastern Turkey.

Bullying Turkey through the proxy of regime forces and PYD militants won't make Ankara adopt an isolationist stance either. Integrating 3 million Sunni Arabs, after all, will only strengthen Turkey's ties with the Middle East.

Phillip Roth in one of his novels, "The Plot Against America," tells an alternative history about the United States before and during World War II, ruled by an anti-Semitic president who praised Hitler's government.

Turkey was extremely disturbed by the rough geopolitical game Putin was playing next to its borders with substantial potential consequences on its national security and the aggravation of refugee flows.

The survey “Turkey's Perception of the Kurdish Issue,” jointly conducted by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) and PollMark, has yielded quite important sociological findings on the relations between Turks and Kurds.

As I write these words in the garden of the Cordoba Mosque in Spain, the centuries-old memory of Andalusia goes through my mind. Andalusia was the scene of the remarkable experience that medieval Spanish scholars called “convivencia,” or coexistence. Embracing diversity as a constructive challenge of fulfillment was the hallmark of Islamic Spain and the Andalusian culture embodied this spirit in the widest sense of the term.

According to Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, bigotry and prejudice against Muslims is increasing in Europe. Arbour made a call to all governments to take action against racism and discrimination towards Muslim communities. Arbour’s remarks are based on a recent study by Doudou Diene of Senegal.