When Will America Be Safe?
For a long time one of the biggest blessings America has had is safety and in part because it is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the East and the Pacific Ocean on the West…
Global Village or Global Cold War?
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said, “The dominant symbol of the Cold War era was the Berlin Wall, and its counterpart today is the World Wide Web.” According to Friedman, our world is considered as being closely connected by the modern telecommunications, such as smart phones, twitter, Facebook, Face Time, and as being interdependent economically, […]
Leader of North Korea Kim Jon-un Might Be Crazy but Not Suicidal
South East Asia is going to be a strategic war checkerboard for the next great game. The tensions have increased in recent weeks over North Korea that has threatened a nuclear strike against South Korea and the United States and has caused the US to move missiles to its east coast….
Why a Third Party Is Missing in the Turkish- Kurdish Peace Process
The conflict in Southeastern Turkey between the government of the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdish rebel group (specifically the PKK) has been going on for more than three decades.
Obama’s Middle East Visit Has Nothing to Do With Ramallah and Everything to Do with Tehran and Ankara
President Obama had another apology tour in his Middle East circuit. This time on his visit to the Middle East, President Obama helped broker the Israeli apology to Turkey.
Power Shifted from West to East: Catholic World in Transition
As we all know, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church made history last week, electing the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. In electing the 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio of Argentina, the first non- European pope in 1,300 years – now Pope Francis, finally the Church recognized not only an economic and military shift but […]
War in Syria Is a Sectarian One between Iran and Turkey: Powerful States Invade Weaker States
The Syrian government does not need the permission of any country to deal with its internal political issues.
The Democratic Union Party (PYD) Factor Forces Turkey to Have a Peace Process with the PKK
Let me be clear. I am for peace, and I support any step toward the peace process, because innocent people are paying the price. Therefore, I salute the BDP (Kurdish Peace Democratic Party), the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), and even the Turkish government for their courage in trying to end violence and bloodshed, but let’s […]
Third Way: Can Islam Be an Alternative New World Order?
Third Way: Can Islam Be an Alternative New World Order? We are living in a global village, but can a global village live without its leadership? Now the world is seriously seeking to replace the old order, which was dominated by the West and America for over two centuries, with a new global world. According […]
Clash of Civilizations versus Interfaith Dialogue: The theories of Huntington and Gulen
KurdishMedia.com – By Aland Mizell 31/12/2007 00:00:00 The concept of a clash of civilizations became more popular, as well as more controversial, after 9/11. Samuel Huntington introduced the phrase “clash of civilizations” in 1993 in an article in the Journal of Foreign Affairs. Since then many scholars have spoken about the war on terror as a sign […]