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As Western diplomacy in the Middle East appears to be doomed to a vicious circle of blunders for over a century, the upcoming Kurdistan’s consultative referendum on independence could provide a generational opportunity not only for Kurds but also for the entire international community. Historical Predicament Kurds are considered to be the world’s largest…
Most observers have interpreted the Brexit and the stunning election of Donald Trump to the White House as yet another sign of a rising populist tides in the world of politics, but are these simply episodes of political blips, the so-called “Jesse Ventura” effect or “angry white man”, the left behind, or could there be…
The Iranian elections are planned for this Friday to elect a 290 member parliament as well as the powerful Assembly of Experts in charge of substituting the Leader in case of death or incapacity. Despite regime’s meticulous control and invigilation on all means of public participation here is why the ruling elite could never cease…
Ethical challenges of keeping the poor and the refugees out of one’s own lawn: from donating the unsold supermarkets’ food to Europe’s pressing question of illegal immigration! The question of food waste is undoubtedly one of the major plights of the contemporary western nations. It becomes evident that a momentous amount of cultural and educational…
“Era of danger (to the republic) ends, era of difficulties starts” optimistically proclaimed the ideologues of the French Republic. Nonetheless recent Paris terrorist attacks and numerous other failed attempts unearthed major ideological fault lines underpinned by a considerable social alienation of a portion of the very own children of the republic! Undoubtedly there are numerous…
In the wake of the deadliest attack on French soil for decades, all political parties and religious and secular activists seem to be rallying behind the slogan “I am Charlie”. Here is my argument why this could not be further from the truth! A few years ago when Charlie Hebdo published its satirical cartoons with…
The news from Iraq has been grim of late, nonetheless in light of the recent success of the Kurdish forces over the fundamentalists of the Islamic State (IS) the looming prospect of a strong Kurdish state could be good news for the West and the entire region A progressive Nation Kurds are considered to…
Pope Francis’s recent endorsement of the Big-Bang Theory and the affirmation that “God is not a magician with a magic wand” could well sign the transformation of the magic wand into a sword of Damocles over all organized religions Like all organized congregations of faith, the Catholic Church has had its fair share of distress…
After years of open hostility and even threats of actual confrontations, the West and Iran seem to have embarked on a new path of dialogue and reconciliation which above all marks a significant ideological shift in the revolutionary agenda of the Islamic Republic with its existential claims to the principles of the raison de fois….
A new social trend in the Islamic Republic of Iran seems to target not only state-sponsored religious norms of rectitude and morality, but also the very defining principles of the Iranian social order. The Islamic Republic of Iran appears to be an inexhaustible social laboratory that never ceases to surprise external observers. As prominent scholar…
As Western diplomacy in the Middle East appears to be doomed to a vicious circle of blunders for over a century, the upcoming Kurdistan’s consultative referendum on independence could provide a generational opportunity not only for Kurds but also for the entire international community. Historical Predicament Kurds are considered to be the world’s largest…
Most observers have interpreted the Brexit and the stunning election of Donald Trump to the White House as yet another sign of a rising populist tides in the world of politics, but are these simply episodes of political blips, the so-called “Jesse Ventura” effect or “angry white man”, the left behind, or could there be…
The Iranian elections are planned for this Friday to elect a 290 member parliament as well as the powerful Assembly of Experts in charge of substituting the Leader in case of death or incapacity. Despite regime’s meticulous control and invigilation on all means of public participation here is why the ruling elite could never cease…
Ethical challenges of keeping the poor and the refugees out of one’s own lawn: from donating the unsold supermarkets’ food to Europe’s pressing question of illegal immigration! The question of food waste is undoubtedly one of the major plights of the contemporary western nations. It becomes evident that a momentous amount of cultural and educational…
“Era of danger (to the republic) ends, era of difficulties starts” optimistically proclaimed the ideologues of the French Republic. Nonetheless recent Paris terrorist attacks and numerous other failed attempts unearthed major ideological fault lines underpinned by a considerable social alienation of a portion of the very own children of the republic! Undoubtedly there are numerous…
In the wake of the deadliest attack on French soil for decades, all political parties and religious and secular activists seem to be rallying behind the slogan “I am Charlie”. Here is my argument why this could not be further from the truth! A few years ago when Charlie Hebdo published its satirical cartoons with…
The news from Iraq has been grim of late, nonetheless in light of the recent success of the Kurdish forces over the fundamentalists of the Islamic State (IS) the looming prospect of a strong Kurdish state could be good news for the West and the entire region A progressive Nation Kurds are considered to…
Pope Francis’s recent endorsement of the Big-Bang Theory and the affirmation that “God is not a magician with a magic wand” could well sign the transformation of the magic wand into a sword of Damocles over all organized religions Like all organized congregations of faith, the Catholic Church has had its fair share of distress…
After years of open hostility and even threats of actual confrontations, the West and Iran seem to have embarked on a new path of dialogue and reconciliation which above all marks a significant ideological shift in the revolutionary agenda of the Islamic Republic with its existential claims to the principles of the raison de fois….
A new social trend in the Islamic Republic of Iran seems to target not only state-sponsored religious norms of rectitude and morality, but also the very defining principles of the Iranian social order. The Islamic Republic of Iran appears to be an inexhaustible social laboratory that never ceases to surprise external observers. As prominent scholar…