Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell
Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
Read MoreIslamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
Read MoreRecep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?
Read MoreFaced with soaring unemployment and the lack of prospects, many educated young Hungarians are being drawn to the radical right. But will it give them the better future they seek?
Read MoreBritain’s former foreign minister David Miliband has high hopes for the Arab revolutions.
Read MoreIs Turkey truly a role model for the Arab Spring or is it actually a secular democracy in its autumn years?
Read MoreThe revolution in Egypt succeeded because it had no Islamist face, and the Muslim Brotherhood has benefited from maintaining a soft presence.
Read MoreAnkara tiene otro as bajo la manga si su deseo de Europa se frustra: acercarse a sus vecinos de Oriente Medio y empezar la formulación de un proyecto de cooperación copiado sobre la UE.
Read MoreThe EU rose out of the ruins of war. Perhaps, with a little patience, a Middle Eastern union is not such a distant fantasy.
Read MoreTurks in Germany have found themselves at the centre of a squabble as Ankara and Berlin exchange blows over “integration”.
Read MoreThe hypocrisy of the US Congress’s cynical manipulation of the Armenian genocide is a slur on the memories of those who perished.
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