Tag: Turkey
The Phony Anti-Defamation League’s Genocide Legislation
America’s future leaders should not serve as guinea pigs just so the ADL can advance its political agenda with dubious legislation.
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By Calling Out Democrats, Tulsi Gabbard Has Altered the Political Landscape
Tulsi Gabbard’s rightful criticism of US interventionism in Syria indicates that she’s Americans’ best chance to defeat the War Party.
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Hypocritical Jewish Organizations and the Armenian Genocide
Shamefully, leading Jewish organizations have long diminished or denied the 1915–23 genocide Turkey committed against 1.5 million Christian Armenians.
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Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on Terror
American officials downplay how “allies” such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia support terrorists lest the US government’s support of terrorism also be exposed.
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The Triumph of Evil
Evil has achieved dominance over good so that avarice and lawlessness will escalate their destruction of truth, peoples, and life on earth.
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The Self-Imposed Impotence of the Russian and Chinese Governments
Why don’t the Russian and Chinese play their winning hands? The reason is that neither government has any advisers who are not brainwashed by neoliberalism.
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US Military Expenditure: The Hard Numbers
There is no real reason for the US military’s extremely high spending, so the military industrial complex has to invent one be reigniting the Cold War.
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How Suzy Hansen Lost Her U.S. Exceptionalism
Millions of liberals intent on breaking down prejudice and stirring up hatred of Russians while justifying a trillion-dollar-a-year military empire should consider reading Suzy Hansen’s book “Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World”.
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The Gulf Crisis Reassessed
The “13 Demands” from the coalition of states that have implemented a blockade of Qatar are incompatible with principles of international law.
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What Was the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and Why Is It Significant?
The Balfour Declaration determined British policy under the League of Nations’ Mandate, which ultimately facilitated the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
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The Revival of Ottomanism in Shaping Turkey’s Influence in the Muslim World
There is a wealth of lessons that Turkey can learn from their Ottoman predecessors in order to progress as an emerging superpower in the region.
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Russia Hacking: A Threat to Democracy or False Pretext for Geopolitical Aggression?
Why does it seem each time Russia and Turkey agree to build a geo-strategically game changing intercontinental gas pipeline, ominous events tend to follow?
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Turkish Realignment: Prospects amid Uncertainty
Turkey’s leaders are reconsidering the country’s relations with neighbors and leading geopolitical actors. What would it mean?
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Book Review: Fawaz A. Gerges’s ‘ISIS: A History’
ISIS: A History, while narrow in its focus, is well worth the read, a well-referenced, revealing, and interesting examination on the militant group.
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Hillary Clinton, the Queen of Flip-Floppery, on Genocide
Hillary Clinton called for US recognition of the Armenian genocide while Senator, but reversed her position to appease Turkey as Secretary of State.
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A Warming of US-Turkish Relations?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Barack Obama met in Hangzhou, China, to take a welcome step toward restoring good relations between the two countries.
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Erdogan’s EU Bid: Silver Linings from the Syrian War
The Syrian war, while catastrophic in so many ways, may well provide an additional boost to Turkey’s attempts to join the EU.
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Turkey Right Now Is a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma, to Paraphrase Churchill
Reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Erdogan of an imminent coup attempt add to the mystery.
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People above Politics: Political Deal will not Hamper the Turkish-Palestinian Bond
Business as usual will return to the Turkish-Israeli relations, while Gazans are trapped behind fences, walls and barbered wire.
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Germany’s Artful Acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide
Despite its constructive elements, the Bundestag resolution is rife with errors and deficiencies.
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