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Turkey and Balkans

By Deniz Baran - Turkey
Specifically for last 20 years, Turkey’s efforts to strenghten its relationship with Balkans has gained big momentum and today Turkey seems to be a quite influential player in the region. Conversation with Mr. Edhem Foco, (General Manager of Al Jazereera Balkan)

Pakistanisation of Turkey: A conspiracy of comparison

Mohammad Pervez Bilgrami - India
There are some semblances in both the countries and the narrative is almost similar, and the chief sponsors of extremism are also common.

CETA in TAFTA out?

Sinan Ozdemir - Brussels
The Europeans are finding it difficult to understand the discussions regarding the agreement which has been finalized as 2334 pages, after the negotiations which has lasted seven years between Brussels and Ottawa.

Bangladesh: Realities and Challenges for new Jamaat leadership

Mohammad Hossain | Bangladesh 
A new leadership has to respond to a varied set of local and international challenges

Jakarta’s eulogized Christian Governor: A hero that he wasn’t

Gilang Adi Nugraha- Indonesia
Jakartans have proved themselves as more open-minded and democratic much before the London, they voted and elected a Christian and ethnic Chinese deputy-governor as the running mate of Joko Widodo, often referred to as Jokowi.

The Phenomenon of DAESH: A treacherous Imperial design

Mohammad Pervez Bilgrami-India
Whilst DAESH is a US creation, it is evident that it serves the British interest and aims to destabilise the remaining stable states in the region

A dramatic fall for communists in Russia; Liberals could not be a major opposition

Baris Mutlu - Moscow
The elections held on the 18th of September for Duma which is the lower wing of the parliament, resulted in a victory for the United Russia party

A Muslim Shoulder to Shoulder with Mandela: Ibrahim Rasool

Ibrahim Rasool born in 1962, while the oppression of Apartheid regime was on the peak in South Africa. It did not take long time for him to join resistance front against the regime and he found himself in Apartheid prisons when he was just 25. But that was going to be a turning point for him as he became acquainted with Nelson Mandela, who was the legendary leader of the South African anti-racist resistance movement, in the prison.
Ibrahim Rasool, the former and the first Muslim South African Ambassador to the United States

The future of Uzbekistan after Karimov

Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu
Even though Uzbekistan swayed to and fro between Russia and the USA, there have never been positive signs in the quality of its governance until today, on the contrary it has even gone backwards

Pattani Muslims in Thailand: No Easy Way Out

Mohamad Radytio - Indonesia
Every Thai government, whether democratically elected or through the military coup d’état always find it difficult to ignore radical Buddhist northerners’ demand of a hard-line approach towards the predominantly Muslim south

Bangladesh International War Crimes Tribunal: X-rayed (Part-I)

AKM Sirajul Arifin-India
The war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh, established to try those who committed atrocities is under fire for its hanging of Jamaat–e-Islami members

Bangladesh International War Crimes Tribunal: X-rayed (Part- II)

AKM Sirajul Arifin-India
“The crimes committed during the war of independence were horrific, but the death sentences only perpetuate violence. The lack of fair trials makes the use of death penalty even more disturbing.” stated David Griffiths, research director, Amnesty International, South Asia.