Tayip Erdogan began his political career trying to make his country the leader of all the Arab and Muslim world. He strongly criticized Israel, he forged an alliance with Assad of Syria, he became the "protector" of Palestinians, he developed a strategic partnership with Moscow. Now, he has reversed nearly all his policies and he tries to save himself by allying with Israel. But his new found allies will help him to keep power, or they will take what he will give them, waiting for the time to support another politician, even more friendly to them? Time will tell us.
By Zalman Shoval
In a recent New York Times piece by David Samuels, U.S. President Barack Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben...
By Margaret Vergolia
After 11 bilateral diplomatic meetings during the last six years and billions of Saudi petrodollars poured into Egypt's fragile economy during the...
We repost the article: “Turkey: Is a Military Coupe Possible?” which was first published on 31 March 2016
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Some hours before the Brussels...
By JEFFREY GOLDBERG
Friday, august 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable...