Mounting Islamophobia in East-Central Europe can result from indigenous chauvinism and a misreading of history.
Islamophobia in East-Central Europe
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Europe & Central Asia
How Climate Change and Resource Scarcity Are Upending World Politics
Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military threats.
Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate
Golden Dawn is deeply rooted in the political culture of Greece.
Women Up in Arms
From Mexico to Kurdistan, women resistance fighters have blazed a trail for new gender relations in some of the world’s most patriarchal societies.
Germany’s Selective Memory About Greece’s Debt
As Germany squeezes Greece, it’s in denial about the skimpy reparations it paid Greece for World War II.
Is China a Threat? The Devil’s in the Details
It turns out that that a large-scale conflict in the Asia-Pacific is much more difficult to imagine than China hawks like to pretend.
The Kremlin’s Kool-Aid
Washington is responsible for a plethora of global calamities. But Putin’s Russia isn’t offering an appealing alternative at all.
Greece: Echoes of Battles Past
The deal that was cut in Brussels buys Greece valuable time.
Boulder, Colorado Boy Makes Media Splash as Islamist Extremist Blogger in Istanbul
Blogging from Istanbul, American Shadid King Bolsen incites Islamist extremist violence in Egypt.
Comparing Atrocities
It’s tempting to call ISIS “medieval” murderers. But from mass murder to drone strikes, atrocity is very much a part of our modern experience.