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Azerbaijan Democratic Republic as the first democratic, parliamentary and secular republic in Islamic East
Authors: Rusif Huseynov and Elmira Hasanova*
The flag once raised will never fall!-Mammad Amin Rasulzade
Despite being divided by Russia and Iran and deprived of its...
The secret dream of all propagandists
Not even a month after Mark Zuckerberg’s grilling at the US House of Representatives, Facebook is announcing a partnership with NATO's social media propaganda...
Authoritarianism in Russian Politics: State Reformation at stake?
Russia’s political development has been mixed since the fall of Soviet Union in 1991. An optimistic burst of activity in the early 1990s pushed...
Great Purges Of Tyrants
Authors: Zakir Gul, Ph.D. & Dr. Kadir Akyuz*
The pages of history are littered with oppressors, dictators, and tyrants from countries large and small across...
Is India Fast Becoming a Dysfunctional Democracy?
When hate invades the human mind, there is no limit to brutal atrocity. On April 10, a Guardian story included a video in which...
The Third Face of Power: Manipulation
Manipulation. It is the subtle and insidious use of power by rulers over the governed and, in effect, is a form of ideological mind...
The Rebellion in Iran: A Comprehensive Assessment
In late December 2017 and in January 2018, massive protests erupted throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran. The largest countrywide uprising since 2009 started...
Catholic Church under attack in the DRC
In a country increasingly wracked by armed conflict, nothing is sacred anymore. The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
The Macbeth Of Turkey
The ruler during Turkey’s rise to (and probable fall from) power—Erdogan—reminds me of two stories: the real-life King Saul and William Shakespeare’s fictitious character...
Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Gaza and Kashmir
Man's inhumanity to man reached new levels of odium. The generally trigger-happy Israeli army fired at unarmed demonstrators on the other side of the...