KT Long Reads: Should Indian liberals beware or stay woke? Since the 2014 landslide election victory of the BJP, leftwing bastions have crumbled or been browbeaten into submission.
Turkey's shaky democracy receives another serious blow Presumably, wise old heads within the AKP have little chance of prevailing over diktats issued by an omnipotent president.
Is Europe to blame for the plight of refugees in Libya? The union has paid generous handouts to militia to keep migrants from entering the continent.
The world will pay a price if it continues to ignore Iraq The Middle East being a perpetual powder keg, it is hardly surprising that Iraq is no longer in the international spotlight.
Iran's bluster fails to hide its inner conflict Tehran does not face any strategic threat despite its entanglements in the affairs of Arab countries
Young Arabs want peace and prosperity, not conflicts The Arab world's 200 million-strong "youth bulge" should be considered a potential demographic asset.
Winds of change are blowing in Sudan and Algeria While the significance of large-scale civilian protests cannot be overstated, the lessons taught by the Arab Spring are sobering to say the least.
America let its guard down and Iran got away. Not anymore By the time the Trump administration woke up to the extent of Iran's entanglements in the security affairs of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain, the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East had been all but redrawn.
Trump's policies should not influence Europe-US relations Since Trump has a mind of his own, with even members of his cabinet and Republican allies often unable to make him see reason.
America's left is back, should that worry allies in Mideast? Trouble is, in the age of self-proclaimed "progressives" and bigoted populists, even the simplest verities of the past can seem too complicated to bear in mind.
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