Erdoğan’s fourth term, brought to you courtesy of Turkey’s Kurds?
Under current provisions, Turkey’s president can only hold office for two five-year terms
Nelson Mandela
South Africa Needs the Trump Treatment
The ANC has been too cozy for too long with the West’s enemies.
Op-eds
Hamas-Supporting Grandson of Mandela Unable to Enter UK
Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, the grandson of South African anti-Apartheid champion Nelson Mandela, reportedly did not receive a visa in time to fly to the United Kingdom for a speaking tour that started...
Policy Briefs
New South African Government Likely to Continue Anti-Israel, Anti-U.S. Policies
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the formation of a coalition government on Sunday. Given the dominant position of his African National Congress (ANC), the government is poised to continue...
Policy Briefs
Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa’s New Genocide Case Against Israel
Shortly before South Africa accused Israel in the International Court of Justice of committing genocide in its post-Oct. 7 counteroffensive against Hamas, the South African ruling party, the African National...
South Africa Again Attacks Israel at the International Court of Justice
South Africa on March 6 submitted an urgent request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza “immediately.” South...
Flash Briefs
Stop bailing out South Africa’s corrupt leaders
Excerpt South Africa’s current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has betrayed Nelson Mandela’s legacy of human rights and social justice. South Africa’s citizens suffer through daily power blackouts of...
Op-eds
The Lexicon of Terror: Crystallization Of The Definition Of “Terrorism” Through The Lens Of Terrorist Financing & The Financial Action Task Force
Excerpt It is widely assumed that there is no accepted international definition of terrorism, in part because global views on what constitutes terrorism are so politically polarized as to prevent arriving...
Op-eds
The Return of Palestinian Politics
Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.
Op-eds
South Africa Adds to Its Long Record of Israel-Bashing
South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel two weeks ago to condemn the “violent aggressio...
Op-eds
It’s time for a new Palestinian prez
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is under fire for anti-Semitic remarks in a speech on Monday. The octogenarian leader blamed the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust on Jewish f...
Op-eds
Warming Ties Between Hamas and South Africa
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas sent a delegation to South Africa earlier this week. The delegation, led by head of Hamas’ politburo Khaled Meshal and his deputy Mousa Abu Marzouk, me...
Policy Briefs
The New Muslim Generation
A month ago, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked whether the Taliba...
Op-eds
South Africa’s ANC Lurches Into Anti-Semitism
Ruling Party Tarnishes Nelson Mandela's Legacy of Tolerance
Op-eds
What Obama Should Say When Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani Visits Washington
In my last post, I sketched out the strategic case for significantly deepening U.S.-Kurdish ties. While such a parad...
Op-eds
From Brampton to Bangladesh, Anti-Hindu Hate is All Too Real
The last week has done much to educate me in the ethnic politics of South Asia. After writing...
Op-eds
Playing with Fire: South Africa’s Dangerous Terrorist Liaisons
On October 1, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) was officially stood up, achieving its "initial operating capacity" as a subordinate component of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM)...
Op-eds
The Wave Continues
It is still striking, two months into the Great Arab Rebellion, how timorously many Westerners greet the region-wide uprising. Recognizing that democratic aspirations may be only a small factor i...
Op-eds
Congressman Brad Sherman Tells FDD Event That Sanctions on Iran Can Promote Democratic Reform There
Press Release December 10, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka [email protected] Congressman Brad Sherman Tells FDD Event That Sanctions on Iran Can Promote Democratic Reform There Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2010) A congressman
Press Releases
Revolution, Iranian and Otherwise
Tell the truth: you don’t really know what a revolution looks like, do you? Chances are that if anybody asked you, you’d conjure up some picture including the storming of the B...