Middle East & Africa
A Fault Line Named Farmajo
Somalia, a country of many political fault lines that indicate looming earthquakes of great magnitude, now has a new one- the Farmajo fault. Mohmed...
Turkey signals sweeping regional ambitions
A nationalist Turkish television station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dug up a 12-year-old map that projects Turkey’s sphere of...
African problems require African solutions
In order to strengthen political dialogue and promote economic relations, Professor Robert Dussey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Togolese Abroad, held diplomatic...
Russia offers 300 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine to Africa
As African countries continue to experience increasing coronavirus infections, with the overall number of cases exceeding 3.79 million mid-February, Russia is stepping in to...
Notes on Turkish Politics (5): The Need for a Vibrant Civil Society
This is the last piece of my “Turkish politics” article series. In this piece, I will try to address the role of civil society...
The Influence of Persian Racism on Status of Azerbaijani Turks in Iran
Language is the carrier of the people's culture and is one of the fundamental national identity elements. Therefore, the culture and identity of the...
The constitution and the political programs of opposition political parties in Ethiopia
Authors: Yeheys Nardos Hawaz and Chen Xi (PhD)
Since 2018, the new administration of Ethiopia gained public support as it had shown a different position,...
Turkey’s confrontational foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Since August 2020, Turkey has been sending several drill ships to the Eastern Mediterranean, which raised diplomatic tensions in the area. The dispute started...
Will Northeastern Syria Turn Into A Stand-Off Between The U.S. and Turkey?
Last November, the U.S. saw a rather dramatic presidential election that put a lot at stake and in many ways was supposed to determine...
Saudi schoolbooks: What does it take to recontextualize Islam?
Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingness to delete...