By: Yasin Aktay Trump’s instant squandering of centuries-old values without batting an eyelid in order to protect Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his risking of discrediting the CIA, his own intelligence organization that [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you.” These are the famous words which police remind even the culprits caught in action in Hollywood [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We have entered a new phase in the Iran issue (actually in the U.S.’s dance with Iran). In reality, the Obama administration took the nuclear program of Iran under control to some extent [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* The murder of Jamal Khashoggi that was planned in advance and conducted in an organized manner ended with the opposite of the desired outcome because of “a small misfortune” which was not plotted [ More … ]
Western countries supported the military coup in Egypt and chose not to intervene in Syria. Are they about to fail another test of humanity? Western diplomacy is facing a new challenge from the Middle East. [ More … ]
Turkey-EU relations have had their ups and downs; however, the last three years have been really trying times. A turning point was the July 2016 failed military coup attempt. The EU failed to support the [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay The trial of pastor Brunson in Turkish courts is over, and he has been sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison for “promoting terrorism,” and aiding and abetting terrorist [ More … ]
The Horn of Africa region, home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, has been of particular importance to the Egyptian leadership throughout the ages since the time of the Pharaohs, through Mohamed [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Kalin* Peace as an enduring value can be achieved only when it is based on justice. All other options are doomed to fail The late Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who [ More … ]
In the context of his keenness to have full control of the military institution, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi keeps harassing army officers and conducting frequent changes in the ranks of military commanders so that none [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül An earthquake… The US has spiraled out of control. For whom will doomsday strike? The Great Gulf War plan… U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly signals a dire future [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* According to a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank, President Donald Trump aims through his proposals known as the “Deal of the Century” [ More … ]
The mass trial of survivors of a massacre of pro-democracy protesters shames Egypt. Western powers should understand how autocracy is eating away at the Arab nation In its editorial, The Guardian expressed the newspaper’s view [ More … ]
The agenda has already changed, but I want to write about the Tehran Summit and the Idlib issue. To begin with, let’s recall what happened at the Tehran Summit, which was attended by the presidents [ More … ]
BY: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* Introduction The Egyptian parliament has recently ratified legislation to establish a sovereign fund called the “Egypt Fund”. The fund comes after government promises since 2016. Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Planning, was [ More … ]
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