Turkey
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Robert Naiman, "It's 'Golllllll!' for Lula against Western Push for Iran Sanctions"
If I were in Washington this morning, I would run down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Congress with a big Brazilian flag, as the young Brazilians run down the Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo during the ‘football’ match, shouting ‘Golllllll!’ Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications from 9-15 May, 2010
2010-05-10 Nil NIKANDROV The Mossad in South America “…The Mossad’s number one adversary and target in Latin America is Hugo Chavez, the political leader condemning Israel’s attempts to resolve conflicts in the Middle East by force… Shimon Peres addressed a thinly veiled threat to Chavez by saying that “Chavez will soon disappear”… TV commentator and Continue reading
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Belén Fernández “Coffee with Hezbollah” A Review By Mary Rizzo
Before reading the wonderful book by Belén Fernández “Coffee with Hezbollah”, I never would have imagined it possible to read about the post-destruction aftermath of Lebanon and smile at the same time. The pretext alone, a hitchhiking trip from Turkey to southern Lebanon simply “feels” dramatic, especially when the memory of Brides on Tour, was… Continue reading
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Russia, Turkey and the Great Game: Changing teams By Eric Walberg
For all intents and purposes, Turkey has given up on the European Union, recognising it as a bastion of Islamophobia and captive to US diktat. As Switzerland bans minarets and France moves to outlaw the niqab, the popular Islamist government in Istanbul moves in the opposite direction — supporting the freedom to wear headscarfs, boldly… Continue reading
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War, Oil and Gas Pipelines: Turkey is Washington's Geopolitical Pivot By F. William Engdahl
For Washington Turkey today has become a geopolitical “pivot state” which is in the position to tilt the Eurasian power equation towards Washington or significantly away from it depending on how Turkey develops its ties with Moscow and its role regarding key energy pipelines. Continue reading
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Andrei KONUROV: NATO uses Afghanistan to turn into a global organization
Although the participants of the G20 summit managed to avoid debates, the agreement they had achieved appears to be very unreliable and as the crisis will go deeper, no signs of cooperation will remain. And the crisis will surely go stronger since all the measures the allies had agreed on, are actually in no way… Continue reading
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The Geopolitical Great Game: Turkey and Russia Moving Closer By F. William Engdahl
Despite the problems of the ruble and the weak oil price in recent months for the Russian economy, the Russian Government is pursuing a very active foreign policy strategy. Continue reading
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Middle East Report Online – Another Struggle: Sexual Identity Politics in Unsettled Turkey by Kerem Öktem
Middle East Report Online Kerem Öktem September 2008 (Kerem Öktem is a fellow at the European Studies Centre of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford.) For background on the court case against the AKP, see Hilal Elver, ‘Lawfare and Wearfare in Turkey,’ Middle East Report Online (April 2008). For background on Hrant Dink, Continue reading
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US invade Pakistan — but no complaints from the ‘international community’ By William Bowles
I love it! I just came across an article, “Did We Just Invade Pakistan?” but you’ll search in vain for any headline in the mainstream media that even comes close to calling it a US invasion of Pakistan. Continue reading
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