Middle East
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Statement by the Hellenic American Leadership Council and the International Coordinating Committee – Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA)
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 NEW YORK — With heavy hearts, PSEKA and HALC express their disappointment with the recent events surrounding…
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Misunderstanding Yemen
As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism…
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Turkey’s Taliban Ties Worry Cyprus
The comments were made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 20 to members of the press while visiting Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.…
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EU’s new Indo-Pacific strategy: What are the objectives and challenges?
After months of waiting, the European Union has finally published its Indo-Pacific Strategy paper — a landmark document that ought to…
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The Winner in Afghanistan: China
It couldn’t be more significant in ways few in this country can even begin to grasp. Alfred W. McCoy CounterPunch…
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European Strategic Autonomy After Afghanistan
But whether anxiety will spur action remains far from certain. Ana Palacio Project Syndicate MADRID – There is good reason…
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Blinken defends Afghan withdrawal at testy US congressional hearing
In five hours of often testy exchanges with lawmakers, Blinken defended President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out and pushed…
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Morocco’s Elections Prove Democracy Can Work with Islam
They couldn’t be more wrong. Ahmed Charai The National Interest The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul and appointment of a cabinet…
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Lebanon gets new government amid deepening crisis
Najib Mikati – Lebanon’s richest man – becomes prime minister, a position he has held twice before. BBC His appointment,…
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Afghanistan: Germany needs ‘skillful’ diplomacy for Taliban talks
Germany would need to engage the Taliban with “very skillful and clever diplomacy,” German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on…
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20 years after 9/11, the American colossus has gone and the Middle East remains strife-torn
The first are the attacks themselves on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Tony Walker The Conversation These shocked…
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Al-Qaeda’s Virulent Strain in Iraq
As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Joost Hiltermann argues that the U.S. invasion of…
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Germans welcome in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson says
In an interview published Sunday, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the militant group now in control…
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Bruised Biden tries to turn the page after US debacle in Afghanistan
Once again Joe Biden found himself talking about nation-building, the fragility of democracy and the threat that religious extremists pose…
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Afghanistan’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis
This briefing note outlines the most pressing issues and steps to help relieve the suffering. ICG Dramatic scenes at the…
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De-Erdoganisation
The Taliban warned that despite ‘historic, cultural and religious bonds with the Muslim people of Turkey’, they would view such…
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