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Jun 20, 2026, 10:50 PM

Trump’s Turkey Bargain May Cost Israel

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Mrs. Emine Erdogan Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). Wikimedia Common.

Behind the compliments lies a colder regional design There are betrayals announced by trumpet, and betrayals performed with a smile, a handshake, a press conference and a few vulgar compliments about “strength”. The latter are more dangerous, because by the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 AM

The Vance Deal’s Nuclear Trap for Israel

Vice President JD Vance appears on "Hannity" on Monday, June 15, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The “Vance Deal”—underwritten by U.S. Vice President Vance’s preferred Middle East patrons in Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia—does not end a crisis. It monetizes American retreat, legitimizes and strengthens the Iranian regime, lifts America’s naval blockade of Iran...

Jun 14, 2026, 6:07 PM

Erdogan Exposed the Lie Beneath Ataturk’s Republic

Erdogan is not the deviation that ruined a clean republic. He is the loud voice of a state tradition Ankara had long sold as Western, secular and safe. Jerusalem, Athens and Brussels now face the same mistake: the belief...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jun 14, 2026, 12:01 PM

Trump’s Iran Gamble

Iran survived. After years of sanctions, covert operations, cyberattacks, assassinations, and military strikes, the regime in Tehran remains standing. Now it may be on the verge of receiving exactly what it needs most: time. The emerging memorandum of understanding between the United...

Jun 13, 2026, 1:30 PM

Saudi Arabia,Turkey: Battle Over IMEC,What It Means for Haifa, Piraeus and Eilat

Saudi Arabia and Turkey are advancing a new trade route that could redirect the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) away from Haifa and toward Turkey's Mediterranean ports. Indian media has already begun discussing the possible changes to the trade corridor....

Jun 11, 2026, 11:03 PM

Kurdish Memory is Older than Trump’s Resentment

Kurdish YPG fighters, 2016. Photo by Kurdishstruggle, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, CC BY 2.0.

Trump may speak of disappointment, but the Kurds know the deeper history of betrayal When Donald Trump says he will “remember” the Kurds, it is worth observing that the Kurds, too, have a long and painful memory. His recent...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 11, 2026, 1:27 PM

Hamas Disarms for Cameras, Kills for Power

The latest United Nations report on Gaza exposes the fraud at the center of every negotiation with Hamas. The terrorist group tells diplomats it may disarm while its own enforcers execute, maim, and beat Palestinians to preserve power. This...

Jun 11, 2026, 1:18 PM

The Sultan’s Algorithm

Turkey and Transnational Illiberalism. AI Illustration. (Credit: ChatGPT)

Turkey, Transnational Illiberalism, and the Poverty of Our Political Vocabulary There is a particular kind of danger that arrives not as an army but as a narrative, one that does not breach a border so much as dissolve the very...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Jun 8, 2026, 8:18 PM

Trump Turned the White House into a Licensing Desk for Foreign Powers

In the European Parliament, Qatargate 2022 showed foreign influence arriving through intermediaries and ending in raids, cash and criminal files. In Trump’s Washington, it walked through the front door, shook the president’s hand, licensed his name, entered his family...

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