The U.S. Interest in Addressing Germany’s PKK Problem
The presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Europe is fast becoming a prism through which the Turks view their ties with Europe, especially in Germany. BY CUNEYT YILMAZ...
A Pivotal Moment? U.S. Policy Towards Asia
Written by ROLAND PARIS Is the United States “pivoting” its foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region, as prominent Obama administration officials, news reports, and commentators have claimed? Daniel Drezner, a Fletcher School professor and Foreign...
Argentina: Explaining Cristina’s victory
Written by PROF. IGNACIO LABAQUI Wednesday, 09 November 2011 08:12 Just as expected, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) obtained a landslide victory in the 23 October presidential elections and secured...
Obama Restores Gunboat Diplomacy, Imperial Power
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Wednesday, 09 November 2011 07:47 At a round table discussion a few years back at Durham University, some of us discussed whether the-then President George...
Libya Expose Obama’s Contradictions
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Monday, 31 October 2011 06:27 Libya's contradictions are real enough and devastating in their consequences. But a couple of points missed by most commentators are...
What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?: Surveying Euro-American Pipeline Interests
Written by T. J. COLES Friday, 28 October 2011 18:06 Afghanistan has always been considered “the centre of great empires” by imperial powers,1serving as a “buffer” between Persia, Russia, and...
A Snapshot of Constitutionalism in Latin America
Highlighting and Commenting upon the Findings of Two Scholarly Articles and One Expert Commentary By Dr. JEAN-PAUL GAGNON | 26.09.2011 Blurb: "This review explores the major contributions of three recent...
Decolonization as Reconciliation: The Colonial Dilemma of Canada’s Residential School Apology and Restitution
BY PATRICIA ELGERSMA** | 06.09.2011 Introduction In recent decades the Canadian public have heard a number of apologies from various governments and institutions. The apology to Japanese Canadians (1988) and...
American (Real) Exceptionalism
BY GHALI HASSAN | 24.07.2011 A majority of Americans believe America is an “exceptional” nation and “a shining beacon of democracy and hope to a dark world”. But, reliable and...
Reagan – Warmonger and Reactionary Who Waged War on the Poor
BY PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR | 24.07.2011 It is only fitting that the current British government unveils a new statue of Ronald Reagan, while a war rages in Libya, a country...
The Death of Osama Bin Laden: Islamophobia goes to America[1]
BY DR. AYLA GOL** | 08.06.2011 It was a bullet that killed a terrorist and revived a presidency. On the morning of May the second 2011, the world woke up...
Islam and Democracy: American Questions, Ottoman Answers
BY DR. AKIN UNVER** | 14.04.2011 “Is Islam a ‘democratic’ religion?” “Is Islam compatible with democracy?” “What is the relationship between religion and governance in a Muslim country?” For the past...
Wikileaks Official I: Nothing to Report?
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 05 February 2011 It's the 'line' heard everywhere whenever the issue of Wikileaks' publication of secret US embassy cables comes up - from academic conferences to the...
Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons
By Prof. Bulent Gokay and Dr. Darrell Whitman 19 January 2011 The visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao to the US this week is called by many observers as the...
Eisenhower, Lockheed Martin and the Military Industrial Complex Today
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 19 January 2011 Fifty years ago, on 17 January 1961, US President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about the rise of what he called "the military industrial...