The Trump candidacy is certainly not the first time that a demagogue’s manifest mental disorders are a principal explanation of his passionate populist support, but it could be the last time

What Erdoğan and Obama achieved was mainly in the realm of intangible signs of mutual appreciation and understanding

Israeli oppressiveness is swept under the rug of security, while the settlements expand, Gaza is squeezed harder, and the regional developments give Israel the political space to attempt an Israeli one-state solution

This unfolding future should gradually tell us which mix of certainties and uncertainties will govern the Turkish internal and international future

[Prefatory Note: An earlier version was published on September 1, 2016 in Middle East Eye. This version is modified, and its title…

[Prefatory Note: I am posting on my blog a short article just published in a very good journal devoted to terrorism, Perspectives…

Living part of each year in Turkey for more than twenty years has led my to think about the secular/religious divide that is very deep in Turkish society, and produces cleavages of understanding and polarizing enmities

[Prefatory Note: An earlier version was published by Middle East Eye on August 10, 2016. It seems so important at this time for…

It is quite possible that present tendencies toward a more inclusive democracy will continue, and at the same time, denials of human rights are almost certain to persist, and justify scrutiny and vigilance

Comparing these political ruptures is instructive with respect to grasping what works and what fails when it comes to transformative politics that are variously engineered from below, from above, from without