Another Arab Spring is coming to Egypt
Mohamad Elmasry | 26 January 2016
The re-solidification of an authoritarian order and the impending uprising in Egypt.
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Jan, 2016
Mohamad Elmasry | 26 January 2016
Mohamad Elmasry | 26 January 2016
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Jan, 2016
The true roots of the Iran-Saudi spat
Basheer Nafi | 21 January 2016
Identity wars are contributing to the enfeeblement and decline of states,
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Dec, 2015
Al Sharq Forum has launched “Jewar” initiative
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 26 December 2015
The Al Sharq Forum has inaugurated the first stage of the "Jewar" initiative by training 23 activists from 15 different countries in the Al Sharq region on "Social Peace and Reconciliation"
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Dec, 2015
PKK’s trenches shouldn’t obscure Turkey’s view of the Kurdish issue
Galip Dalay | 26 December 2015
Turkey needs to strike a fine balance between establishing public order in PKK-occupied places and avoiding military overreaction.
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Dec, 2015
Britain’s misconceptions of the Muslim Brotherhood
Basheer Nafi | 25 December 2015
The British review on the Muslim Brotherhood is another stratum in a long history of misunderstanding of the movement
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Dec, 2015
2015 Parliamentary Election in Egypt: Promising Messages for the Pro-Democracy Camp
Mohammad Affan | 23 December 2015
The first Egyptian parliamentary elections since the military coup were conducted between October 17th and December 2nd this year. Although many observers have underestimated this election and its political significance, it nonetheless offers important insights into the nature of the evolving authoritarian regime in Egypt and clues as to the future of its democratic transformation.
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Dec, 2015
Syrian crisis can’t be reduced to a new ‘war on terror’
Galip Dalay | 18 December 2015
Theocratic apocalypse and secular totalitarianism are strange bedfellows when it comes to their visions for political space and active citizenry.
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Dec, 2015
What has Putin accomplished so far from bombing Syria?
Basheer Nafi | 14 December 2015
It does not seem that Putin has accomplished any of his own objectives
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Dec, 2015
Widening gap between NATO’s deeds and discourse on Syria
Galip Dalay | 09 December 2015
The EU is giving the impression that it is once again supporting authoritarian stability instead of a more lasting democratic stability
8
Dec, 2015
Back to the Cold War years in Turkish-Syrian relations?
Mesut Ozcan | 08 December 2015
With the increasing involvement of Russia in the Syrian conflict, relations between Turkey and Russia have also soured, and a bitter taste has been left with the recent downing of a jet. As Assad's regime has weakened, Russia has begun directly intervening in Syria and Turkey has begun interpreting the relationship between Russia and Syria as a return of the Cold War years. Russia’s involvement in regional conflicts in general and in Syria in particular led people to establish similarities with the 1950s, as it benefits from the chaos in the region and aims to fill the gap left by the disengagement of the US.. In those years, as a new member of the NATO alliance, Turkey was very concerned by the ideological and military connections between the Soviet Union and Syria. With the longevity of the conflict in Syria and increasing involvement of Russia, there is the danger of a similar scenario—possibly in a different form—emerging in Turkish-Syrian relations.