O n 2 April, Armenians went to the polls to elect a new parliament. For Armenia, this particular election was a milestone, and represented much more than yet another test of Armenian democracy, but…
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A notorious hardline anti-Arab, Persian supremacist political party, named the ‘Pan-Persian Party’, has been receiving support from the Iranian…
I want my job back!
This simple demand has for nearly five months turned Nuriye Gülmen's life into horror, every single day of it. She was one of the thousands of victims of…
by Henry Newman
Shortly after Theresa May triggered Article 50, Angela Merkel gave a response. Her comments on the UK-EU negotiations are already being over-interpreted. Sky News, AFP, the Mirror, the Independent and many others are…
F or much of Russian history, political change was largely accompanied by public protests and demonstrations. And with a meager record of free and fair elections, political dissent and public discontent has usually been…
I ran’s oppressive regime has a history of clamping down on parties. With authorities shutting down get-togethers and arresting those in attendance, this brutal practice continued throughout the month of March and has in…
by Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could soon find himself with a raft of sweeping powers as his party pushes for a far-reaching law with limited checks and balances that would transform…
T ensions are intensifying quickly in Iranian politics. Recent comments by senior U.S. officials, such as Ambassador Nikki Haley and CENTCOM chief General Joseph Votel, explaining the threats posed by Tehran have resulted in an intensified domestic political…
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by Henryk M. Broder
BERLIN — The two-state-solution is not, as most of us would think, a new idea. It is…
A spectre is haunting Europe--the spectre of authoritarianism.
Is it fair to rewrite the first sentence of Marx-Engels manifesto in this manner?
As we observe the worrisome process of 'Erdoğan vs Germany', now…