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Do CIA and BND punish Recep T. Erdogan?
Erdogan’s recent motives and cornerstone foreign policy objectives are really problematic for the former allies of Ankara. The more Ankara pushes for an independent...
The rationale of foreign policy
From the 1970s onwards, politics has undergone a very extensive and thorough conceptual transformation. I am not referring to the usual and trivial issue...
A New U.S. Policy for South Asia: What’s in store for Pakistan?
A U.S. delegation is expected to visit Pakistan in the first week of August to discuss its new strategy for South Asia. According to...
ISIS Tries to Activate Amateur Attackers in the West
An unnamed Islamic State command team has published an e-book for apprentice terrorists that aims to multiply attacks against civilian targets in the United...
The Gulf crisis: A lesson in reputation management
Lurking below the surface of the Gulf crisis, are rival, yet troubled, attempts by Qatar and its detractors to use sports to boost soft...
The Problem with Venezuela and the Western Media
The Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday (July 30) to elect delegates who will rewrite Venezuela's constitution. In Latin America generally, society is...
“Make America Great Again” Should Not Mean Rolling Back Human Rights Awareness and Progress
President Donald Trump should be careful that his careless words do not roll back the enormous strides in human rights and civil liberties awareness...
Recipe for a Coup: Pulling a Reverse Machiavelli
Ingredients: A PINCH OF CORRUPTION A TRACE OF TREASON A DOUBLE-CROSS OF YOUR ALLIES A BROADSIDE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY A DISRESPECTING OF...
The Gulf crisis: Small states battle it out
Buried in the Gulf crisis is a major development likely to reshape international relations as well as power dynamics in the Middle East: the...
Politicized Intelligence / Wounded Democracy
The current political climate in Washington DC towards the American Intelligence Community (AIC) is perhaps at an all-time low. Not only is there a...