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Dr. Aland Mizell is with the University of Mindanao School of Social Science, President of the MCI and a regular contributor to The Kurdistan Tribune, Kurdishaspect.com, Mindanao Times and Kurdish Media.You may email the author at:aland_mizell2@hotmail.com.Become a Member today!
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Geneva II Peace Conference on Syria: Syrian Civil War within a Civil War
The Geneva II Peace Conference on Syria, which seeks to end the war on Syria, seems designed to fail at the beginning of the negotiations. For any peace to be successful, all actors need to make hard compromises if … Continue reading
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Imam’s Failed Coup in Turkey: Why Gulen Has Dropped His Humanist Mask
In the past Turkey’s military junta would stage a coup and overthrow the democratically elected government, but now an imam is trying to overthrow the Prime Minister, who was elected by popular vote, along with his administration. The imam is … Continue reading
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Fethullah Gülen’s Power Struggle with Turkey’s Prime Minister: How Transparent Is Gülen’s Mission Organization?
Gülen and his followers are accusing Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan of not being transparent and accountable, but also of being authoritarian and dictatorial. The question is how transparent is Gülen and his organization? Recently, the Machiavelli in Pennsylvania revealed … Continue reading
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New Iran and New Middle East
Soon world leaders will join together in New York. The world expects the new President of Iran, Hassan Rohani, to be in the spotlight. In an interview with NBC, President Rohani insisted that Iran has no intention of developing weapons … Continue reading
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The Syrian Tragedy Is Not an American Tragedy
History tells us civil wars are usually resistant to outside solutions. Hate usually runs deep, and often many parties are involved with all of them having different interests, so that it is hard to satisfy every group. In Syria, Turkey … Continue reading
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The Obstacle to Kurdish Nationhood Has Been the Kurds Themselves
With the PKK–Turkish government peace process once more sadly hanging by a thread, the Turkish media and especially the Gülenist media have already launched a pre–emptive blame game. We already know for a fact that Gülen and his followers … Continue reading
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Attack on Syria Does Not Benefit U.S National Security or Strategic National Interests
President Obama and some US allies are now accusing President Assad of using chemical weapons against his citizens without showing any evidence to shape the view of the American people and as a pretext to intervene with military action … Continue reading
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Muslims should blame themselves and stop blaming others for their current miserable situation
Today what is going on in the Middle East is rooted in political opportunism, the spread of different ideologies, radicalism, and the distortion of religious tenets in order to instill their own ideology. The Islamic Revolution in Iran in … Continue reading
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Moderate Islam Has Failed in the Middle East
Today democracy has become one of the features of contemporary politics in the Middle East. Many leaders, scholars and citizens consider themselves to be democrats but fail to come up with a single definition of democracy.
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Middle East and Clash of Ideologies: Theocracy vs. Democracy
“Man will ultimately be governed by God or by Tyrants.” Benjamin Franklin The issue of religion and the state is one of the most burning social issues in the Middle East. From Tahrir Square in Egypt to Taksim Square in … Continue reading
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