NATO Summit

Jul 11, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Burak Elmalı |Sibel Duz |Bilal Bagis |NATO Summit

Denialism and revisionismDenialism and revisionism persistently infiltrate the political landscape, morphing into new guises over time. The rise of far-right sentiments, combining a mixture of Islamophobia and blatant Serbian nationalism, added further vitriol to the mix. But collective memory is now more than ever in need of revival. It all begins in the pulsating heart of public spaces: the streets, squares, statues, and buildings, an “organized remembrance”, as Hannah Arendt once termed it.

Jul 7, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Ali Lmrabet |Bilal Bagis |NATO Summit |Murat Yesiltas

It goes without saying that nothing is going well between Morocco and Algeria. Everyone is convinced that relations between the two major Maghreb countries have reached a point of no return, and observers are on the lookout for the slightest incident on the ground that could trigger a dramatic acceleration in tension and give rise to a dramatic exodus to Europe much more consistent than the current one.

Jul 6, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Ufuk Necat Tasci |Bilal Bagis |NATO Summit |Murat Yesiltas

The elections in Turkey, the most important elections of 2023 worldwide, rolled on after the May 28 runoff, with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan getting 52.18 percent of the votes against his rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and being re-elected. On June 3, Erdoğan attended the swearing-in ceremony at the parliament and named the cabinet members right after the ceremony, the same evening. New faces have appeared in fifteen ministerial positions except for two ministries: the ministries of health and culture.

Jul 3, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Bilal Bagis |NATO Summit |Murat Yesiltas |Kemal Inat

In the realm of international affairs, the actions and decisions of intelligence agencies wield tremendous influence. Yet, the role of Western intelligence agencies in perpetuating global inequalities through racialized and orientalist worldviews has often gone unexamined.