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Flowers are placed in front of a police barrier near the entrance of Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkic Peoples Face Accusations of Terrorism

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jan 23, 2017 | Features

Ankara – The recent terrorist attacks which witnessed the involvement of members from Central Asia, known as the Turkic World, have raised many questions on the expansion of terrorist organizations such as ISIS and al-Qaeda in these regions and the impact of...

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Russian Challenge in the Mediterranean

by Asharq Al-Awsat Taha Abdul Wahed, Michel Abu Najm, Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 23, 2016 | Country Brief

Moscow, Paris, Tripoli, Cairo – The Arab Spring and the developments that have followed it have highlighted a clear inclination in Moscow toward the dedication of Russia’s strategic and political presence in the Mediterranean, benefiting from the politic of...

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

Thugs and Kisses

by Paul Krugman | Oct 2, 2016 | Opinion

First of all, let’s get this straight: The Russian Federation of 2016 is not the Soviet Union of 1986. True, it covers most of the same territory and is run by some of the same thugs. But the Marxist ideology is gone, and so is the superpower status. We’re talking...

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In this Oct. 29, 1997 file photo Mikhail Kalashnikov shows a model of his world-famous AK-47 assault rifle at home in the Ural Mountain city of Izhevsk, east of Moscow, Russia. AP

How the AK-47 and AR-15 Evolved Into Rifles of Choice for Mass Killers

by C.J. Chivers | Aug 6, 2016 | World

Washington-Time and again it’s the same. A lone gunman or a small group of killers with rifles commits spectacular crimes that seize the attention of the world. The list reaches back decades: the killing of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972; the school...

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How Brexit could Avert a New Cold War.

How Brexit Could Avert New Cold War

by Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Jul 3, 2016 | Opinion

The Washington Post-The stunning British vote to leave the European Union has roiled foreign and economic ministers and central bankers across Europe and the United States. The political establishments on both sides of the Atlantic are finally beginning to get the...