GABRIEL MITCHELL
“The oppressed become the oppressors. That is what has happened here, that is what is happening in Syria; Rwanda too, and Palestine…”
PRESIDENT MORSI SHATER ANAN?
NERVANA
It is difficult to figure out what is really happening in Egypt. Amid a tsunami of rumors, accusations, and conflicting reports, finding the truth is a very hard task.
THOUGHTS ON THE SYRIAN DOWNING OF A TURKISH WARPLANE
DANIEL PIPES
There appears to be agreement on the basic facts: a Turkish F-4 violated Syrian airspace and the Syrian military shot it down over its territorial waters.
TURKEY’S SCHADENFREUDE
BURHAN GURDOGAN
As it comes from the German words, Schaden and Freude, damage and joy, which means to take spiteful, malicious delight in other’s misfortunes. In 2002 an article appeared in New York Times explaining scientific studies of schadenfreude, which it defined as “delighting in others’ misfortune”./strong
THE GHOST OF ABU MUS’AB AL-SURI
YORIKIRII
What a blast. What a carnage. Is this really Damascus? Or rather Baghdad? An intelligence headquarter was targeted. Innocent people died. Assad did this!
TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM: TURKEY OR KURDISTAN?
IDREES MOHAMMED
As Shiites-inspired politics go through an uncertain phase- amid the mounting pressure on Iran, and Syria’s standoff continues despite a significant investment in diplomacy, through the conflicting stance of Turkey and Iran – Iraq’s sectarian tension has hit a high point as the steady accumulation of disputes among political partners explodes, unleashing an even bigger risk to the country’s already challenged unity.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “MODERATE” AND “RADICAL” ISLAMISM?
MICHAEL RUBIN
Labels are always dangerous things. In the context of the U.S. policy debate, pundits attach labels to opponents in order to avoid debating issues or in order to construct straw man arguments.
CHRIS CHRISTIE’S ISLAM PROBLEM
DANIEL PIPES
A Quinnipiac poll in April showed Chris Christie the most popular potential Republican vice-presidential candidate, thanks to his budget cuts and standing up to government employee unions.
MASS HUNGER STRIKE GROWS DESPITE ISRAEL’S BEST EFFORTS TO REPRESS IT
MAUREEN CLARE MURPHY
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has now grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for action in support of the hunger striking prisoners.
NEW DATA ON ATTITUDES TO NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS
ONNIK KRIKORIAN
On 1 March 2012 the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) held a one-day conference on Turkey’s South Caucasus Agenda: Roles of State and Non-State Actors.
PROTECT OR RESPECT: BURMA’S CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE
DEREK BARRY
The wording of an oath is the pawn in a dangerous power game in Burma as newly elected democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flexes her muscles. Her party the National League for Democracy refused to allow its newly elected members to be sworn in at the parliamentary opening in Naypyidaw yesterday.
ISLAMIC LAW AND JUSTICE FOR ALL?
NERVANA
I once asked a Salafi acquaintance, what he thought of Bouazizi. He paused for a moment then said: “he committed a major sin; he deserves the punishment of hell.”